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AME, BIRD 



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FISH LAWS OF 
WYOMING 



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1917-1918 



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NATE P. WILSON 

State Game Warden, Lander, 
Wyoming 



state Game Commission 

Frank L. Houx Cheyenne 

Robert B. Forsyth Cheyenne 

State Game Warden 

Nate P. Wilson Lander 

Fred E. Allen, Clerk Lander 

Assistant State Game Wardens 

Carl Hammitt Cody 

Wm. H. Seebohm Kelly 

C. P. Sorensen Rock Springs 

Chas. T. Snj^der Douglas 

A. W. Webb Rairden 

Frank S. Smith '. Dubois 



Game, Bird and Fish 
Laws 



OF 



Wyominj 



1917-1918 



Compiled by 



Independent Print 

Thermopolis, 

Wyo. 






NOTICE 

All commuuicatlons addressed to this 
office are treated as "strictly confiden- 
tial," and under no condition will the 
contents be given out or used as evi- 
dence without the consent of the writer. 
I will certainly appreciate the co-opera- 
tion of all good citizens in securing 
evidence against game violators, and I 
assure you that every case reported to 
this department will be carefully inves- 
tigated. Bear this in mind. Help pro- 
tect our game. 

Respectfully, 
.^ NATE P. WILSON, 
State Game Warden. 



D. of D. 
SEP t 1917 



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^ GAME LAWS 



[From the Wyoming Compiled Statutes, 1910, and 
the Session Laws of 1911, 1913, 1915 and 1917.] 

Sec. 2722. Ownership in State. All 

wild animals and wild birds, both resi- 
dent and migratory, in this state shall 
be, and are hereby declared to be the 
property of the state. 

Sec. 1. State Game Commission — 
Who Compose. A state game commis- 
sion is hereby created, consisting of 
the governor, secretary of state and 
auditor of state. The governor shall 
be president of the state game com- 
mission, and shall call such meetings 
thereof as may be necessary for the 
transaction of its business. The com- 
mission shall elect one of their num- 
ber who shall act as secretary of the 
commission. [L. 1911, Ch. 66.] 

Sec. 2. Duties — Shall Have Super- 
vision. The state game commission 
shall have general supervision of the 
game animals and birds of the state of 
Wyoming, and the propagation, protec- 
tion, disposition and distribution there- 
of. [L. 1911, Ch. 66.] 

Sec. 3. Permits to Scientific Insti- 
tutes. The state game commission may 
grant a permit to the agents of the 
Smithsonian Institute or other well 
known scientific institutions, to capture 



and ship out of this state game animals 
and birds for scientific purposes. [L. 
1911, Ch. 66.] 

Sec. 4. Permits to Taxidermists. 

Tlie state game commission may grant 
permits to bona fide taxidermists to 
capture, collect and mount, under the 
supervision of the game warden or his 
assistants, game or game in families for 
institutions within the state of Wyo- 
ming for educational or scientific pur- 
poses. [L. 1911, Ch. 66.] 

Sec. 5. Distribution of Game. The 

state game commission may direct the 
state game warden to capture any of 
the game animals of this state, in local- 
ities where species of game animals are 
sufficiently abundant, and transport the 
same within localities of this state 
where such species are scarce or ab- 
sent, to be there liberated. [L. 1911, 
Ch. 66.] 

Sec. 40. Exchange of Game Animals 
and Birds — Appropriation. The state 
game commission may authorize the 
capture of any of the game animals of 
this state and permit the same to be 
transported out of the state in ex- 
change for such game animals or birds 
as in its judgment shall be adapted to 
the climate and conditions of this state, 
and it shall have power to expend an- 
nually, from the general fund of the 
state, the sum of four thousand dollars, 
or so much thereof as is necessary to 
pay the expenses of transporting the 
animals and birds as contemplated in 
this Section and Sections 5 and 9 of 



Chapter 06 of the Session Laws of Wy- 
oming, 1911. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 

[For Sections 5 and 9, Ch. 66, S. L. 
1911, see Section 5, page 4, and Section 
9, page 5, of this pamphlet.] 

Sec. 7. Reward. The state game 
commission may offer a reward not ex- 
ceeding three hundred dollars for evi- 
dence leading to the arrest and convic- 
tion of any person or persons violating 
Section 2771 of the Compiled Statutes 
of Wyoming, 1910, and the said reward 
when properly certified to hy the state 
game commission shall be paid out of 
the general funds of the state. [L. 
1911, Ch. 66.] [See p. 38.] 

Sec. 8. Purchase of Feed for Game 
Animals. The state game commission 
shall make suitable provision for the 
feeding of the game animals of this 
state, in such localities as it may deem 
necessary, during the whole or a por- 
tion of the winter season of each year ; 
and the state game commission may ex- 
pend annually the sum of five thousand 
dollars, out of the general fund of the 
state, or so much thereof as may be 
necessary, for the purchase of hay and 
the expense of feeding such game ani- 
mals ; the feeding of said game animals 
to be under the supervision of the state 
game warden or his assistant. [L. 1911, 
Ch. 66.] 

Sec. 9. Disposition of Surplus Game. 
If in the judgment of the state game 
commission there are more game in any 
locality within this state than can be 
successfully wintered in that locality, 
the state game commission shall, be- 



tween the first day of December, and 
the last day of March, order and direct 
the state game warden to capture and 
make such distribution of the excess 
of game as in the judgment of the game 
commission is to the best interest of 
the state for the preservation of the 
game. [L. 1911, Ch. 66.] 

Sec. 2723. Game Warden— Appoint- 
ment. Tlie governor shall appoint a 
suitable person to serve as state game 
warden, whose duty shall be to protect 
the game and fish of this state, and to 
enforce the laws relating thereto. 

Sec. 2724. Term of office. The state 
game warden shall hold his oflSce for 
four years and until his successor is 
appointed and qualified. 

Sec. 2725. Bond. Before entering 
upon the duties of his oflBce the state 
game warden shall execute a bond to 
the state of Wyoming in the penal sum 
of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00), 
conditioned for the faithful perform- 
ance of his duties, and his bond shall 
be approved by the governor. 

Sec. 2726. For Neglect of Duty the 
Governor May Remove Warden. The 

governor shall have power at any time 
to remove the state game warden for 
misconduct or neglect of his duties, 
upon written charges duly preferred, 
but the state game warden shall be 
heard in his own defense. 

Sec. 2727. Duties of Game Warden. 

The state game warden shall be an 
active executive oflicer, and shall at all 

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times when possible take the field in 
person, in the performance of his 
duties. He shall personally supervise 
the protection of all game, and the 
direction and punishment of violators 
of the game and fish laws. He shall 
act as the secretary of the state game 
commission and shall execute the or- 
ders of the state game commission. 
[L. 1911, Ch. 66, § 10.] 

Sec. 2729. Warden May Employ At- 
torney. The state game warden is 
hereby authorized to employ an attor- 
ney to prosecute violators of the game 
and fish laws, when deemed necessary ; 
such attorney to be paid from the gen- 
eral fund of the state, after his ac- 
counts have been approved by the state 
game commission ; Provided, That not 
more than five hundred dollars per an- 
num be expended for such attorney 
fees. [L. 1911, Ch. 66, § 11.] 

Sec. 2. Reports of Game Warden, 
Assistants and Deputies. The state 
game warden shall be required to make 
an annual report to the governor, and 
shall from time to time make reports 
of his acts and furnish information re- 
lating to the condition of the game ani- 
mals and game birds of this state to 
the state game commission. The bi- 
ennial report of the state game warden, 
as contemplated by Section 262 of the 
Compiled Statutes of Wyoming, 1910, 
shall consist of copies of his annual re- 
ports to the governor for the two years 
immediately preceding and up to and 
including December 31st immediately 
preceding the meeting of the legisla- 



ture, and such report may be filed not 
later than January 1st immediately 
preceding the meeting of the legisla- 
ture. All assistant and deputy game 
wardens shall be required to report 
monthly to the state game warden. [L. 
1915, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 3. Game Warden's Salary and 
Contingent. The state game warden 
shall be paid the sum of two thousand 
dollars per annum, payable monthly, 
from the general fund of the state, and 
shall be allowed the sum of one thou- 
sand five hundred dollars per annum 
for necessary contingent expenses inci- 
dent to the performance of his duties, 
payable from the general fund of the 
state. Said contingent expenses shall 
bo paid upon vouchers approved by 
the state game commission. He shall 
devote his entire time to the duties of 
his oflice. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 4. Assistants and Deputies. 

The state game warden is hereby au- 
thorized and directed to appoint, with 
the approval of the state game commis- 
sion, seven assistant game wardens in 
different portions of the state. The 
said assistant game wardens shall each 
be appointed for a term of two years 
and shall each receive a salary of one 
thousand two hundred dollars per an- 
num, payable in monthly installments. 
They shall devote all of their time to 
the duties of their office under the di- 
rection of the state game warden. They 
shall each be allowed the sum of five 
hundred dollars per annum for neces- 
sary contingent expenses incident to 



the performance of their duties. Said 
contingent expenses shall be paid upon 
vouchers approved by the state game 
warden and the state game commis- 
sion. The state game warden is hereby 
authorized and directed to appoint, 
with the approval of the state game 
commission, one or more deputy game 
w^ardens, as the emergency may de- 
mand, in any county of this state, said 
deputy game wardens to be paid not 
less than three dollars nor more than 
four dollars per day, in the discretion 
of the state game warden, for actual 
service rendered as such wardens. 

The state game warden is hereby 
authorized and directed to appoint, 
with the approval of the state game 
commission, one or more deputy game 
wardens, as the emergency may de- 
mand, in any county of this state, said 
deputy game wardens to receive no 
pay for their services other than the 
commission for the sale of such game 
and fish licenses prescribed bv law. 
[L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 41. Clerk— Salary. The state 
game warden is hereby authorized and 
directed to appoint with the approval 
of the state game commission, one 
clerk, who shall be stationed in the 
office of the state game warden and 
shall perform the duties of such office 
under the direction of the state game 
warden. Said clerk shall be appointed 
for a term of two years and shall re- 
ceive a salary of $1,200.00 per annum, 
paid in monthly installments, upon 
vouchers approved by the state game 



warden and state game commission. 
[L. 1913, Ch. 121.] 

Sec. 2733. Salaries— How Paid. All 

salaries of assistant and deputy game 
wardens shall be paid out of the gen- 
eral fund of the state, after the ac- 
counts have been approved by the state 
game commission. [L. 1911, Ch. 66, § 
14.] 

Sec. 2734. Bond. The assistant game 
wardens shall each execute a bond to 
the state of Wyoming in the penal sum 
of five hundred dollars ($500.00) each, 
conditioned for the faithful perform- 
ance of their duties ; said bond to be 
approved by and filed with the state 
game warden. Their commissions may 
be revoked at any time for good and 
suflicient cause, by the state game war- 
den. 

[See also Sec. 6, Ch. 91, S. L. 1915, 
on p. 12.] 

Sec. 2735. Warden, Assistants and 
Deputies May Arrest Without Warrant. 

The state game warden and assistant 
and deputy game wardens and all sher- 
iffs and constables are authorized to ar- 
rest without w^arrant, any person or 
persons found violating any of the pro- 
visions of the game or fish laws, when 
detected in the act or found with game 
fish unlawfully in their possession at 
the time of arrest. The state game 
warden and all assistants and deputy 
game wardens duly appointed, shall 
have full power and are hereby author- 
ized to execute and preserve all war- 
rants, search warrants, subpoenas, com- 
mitments, and all other writs and legal 

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processes issued for the violation of 
the game and fish laws of this state, 
or in the trial of offenses against said 
laws, or any provision supplementary 
thereto. [L. 1913, Ch. 121, § 1.] 

Sec. 2736. Deputies Without Pay. 
Persons employed in this state by the 
federal government, for the protection 
of the various national forests, and 
employees of the Biological Survey, and 
any reputable citizen may be appointed 
deputy game warden without pay or 
bond and at the pleasure of the state 
game warden, and it is hereby declared 
by the legislature of the state of Wyo- 
ming, that the various officers of the 
National Forest and Biological Survey 
under the Department of Agriculture 
of the United States, shall not be in- 
compatible with the office of deputy 
game warden within the meaning of 
Section 19, of Article 6, of the constitu- 
tion of the state of Wyoming. [L. 1913, 
Ch. 121, § 2.] 

Sec. 2737. List of Assistants and 
Deputies to Be Filed With Governor. 
The state game warden shall file with 
the governor of this state, a list of all 
assistants and deputy game wardens 
appointed by him. [L. 1913, Ch. 121, 
§3.] 

Sec. 5. Neglect of Duty by Game 
W^arden and Others. Whenever the at- 
tention of the state game warden or 
any assistant or deputy game warden, 
sheriff, constable or deputy sheriff, is 
called to any violation of the provisions 
of the game or fish laws of this state, 
and he shall fail to take proper steps 

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for the arrest and conviction of any 
person or persons, company or corpora- 
tion, charged with such violation, he 
sliall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
meanor and upon conviction thereof 
shall be fined in a sum not less than 
fiftv dollars nor more than two hun- 
dred dollars. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 6. Licenses Issued by Whom. 

All justices of the peace, assistant and 
deputy game wardens are hereby au- 
thorized to issue game or fishing li- 
censes, or guide certificates, which are 
issued to them by the state game war- 
den, and they shall each give a suffi- 
cient bond in an amount as the state 
game warden may direct, conditioned 
for the proper accounting for and 
turning over of the proceeds from the 
sale of all game or fishing licenses, and 
guide certificates which may be placed 
in their hands, and the proper account- 
ing for and turning over of all unused 
and spoiled licenses and certificates, in- 
cluding all stubs of licenses and certifi- 
cates, to the state game warden. They 
shall pay all moneys that may come 
into their hands from the sale of such 
licenses and certificates, to the state 
treasurer. The bond provided for in 
this section shall be issued by a surety 
company authorized to do business in 
this state and the premium on said 
bonds shall be paid from the state game 
fund upon vouchers approved by the 
state game warden. To carry out the 
purpose of this section, any assistant or 
deputy game warden who shall have 
furnished the bond provided for in this 



section, shall have authority to admin- 
ister oaths required by the provisions 
of the game or fish laws of this state, 
if any, relating to the issuance of li- 
censes to hunt. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 7. Game x\nimals Not to Be 
Trapped or Used for Bait. It shall be 
unlawful for any person or persons to 
kill, wound or capture any moose, elk, 
deer, antelope or mountain sheep, or 
any of the game birds of this state 
by means of any pit, pitfall, net, trap, 
deadfall, or by any other similar de- 
vice, and it shall be unlawful for any 
person or persons to use any specimen 
or specimens of a game animal or game 
bird of this state for bait for the pur- 
pose of trapping predatory animals 
within this state. Any person convict- 
ed of violating the provisions of this 
section shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
demeanor and shall be punished by a 
fine of not less than fifty dollars nor 
more than one hundred and fifty dol- 
lars, and by imprisonment in the county 
jail for not less than thirty days nor 
more than six months. [L. 1915, Ch. 
91.] 

Sec. 8. Game Birds — Open Season. 
It shall be unlawful for any person or 
persons to shoot or kill any of the 
game birds of this state commonly 
known as snipe, sandpipers, plovers, 
tatlers, willets. curlew, godwits, avo- 
cets, coots, mudhens, ducks and geese, 
except from September 15tli to De- 
cember 16th, inclusive, of each year. 
Provided, That rails may be shot only 
during the months of September, Octo- 

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ber and November of eacli year. Pro- 
vided further, That in Carbon county, 
curlew, mudhens, ducks and geese may 
be Ivilled from September 1st to De- 
cember 16th of each year. Any per- 
son convicted of violating the provis- 
ions of this section shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be 
punished by a fine of not less than ten 
dollars nor more than fifty dollars. [L. 
1915, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 9. Sage-chickens, Grouse, Pheas- 
ants, Quail — Number Permitted. It shall 
be unlawful for any person or persons 
to shoot or kill any of the game birds 
of this state commonly known as sage- 
liens or sage-chickens, except from 
August 1st to September 1st, inclusive, 
of each year. Provided, That all 
grouse, not including sage-hens or sage- 
chickens as hereinbefore specified, may 
be lawfully shot or killed only from 
September 1st to November 15th, inclu- 
sive, of each year. Provided, That it 
shall be unlawful for any person or 
persons to kill any Mongolian pheasant 
or quail until the year 1919, when the 
killing of such birds shall be allowed 
only during the open season for sage- 
hens or sage-chickens. Provided, fur- 
ther, That it shall be unlawful for any 
person to kill more than eighteen game 
birds of this state in any one day, and 
not more than six shall be sage-hens, 
sage-chickens or grouse, and it shall 
be unlawful for any person to have 
more than eighteen game birds in his 
or her possession in any one day, and 
not more than six shall be sage-hens, 

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sage-chickens or grouse. Provided, That 
but two sage-hens or sage-chickens 
shall be killed or allowed in the pos- 
session of any person in the counties 
of Laramie and Sheridan in any one 
day. Provided, That this section shall 
apply only to persons hunting legally. 
Any person convicted of violation of the 
provisions of this section shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 
shall be punished by a fine of not less 
than ten dollars nor more than fifty 
dollars. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 2745. Swan Protected. It shall 
be unlawful for any person or persons 
to kill any wild swan in this state at 
any time. Any. person convicted of 
Adolation of the provisions of this sec- 
tion shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
demanor and shall be punished by a 
fine of not less than twenty-five dol- 
lars, nor more than fifty dollars. 

Sec. 10. Moose and Antelope — Elk 
and Mountain Sheep. It shall be un- 
lawful for any person or persons to kill 
any moose or antelope, or to sell or 
have in their possession any moose or 
antelope or parts thereof that were 
killed in this state, until the open sea- 
son for other game animals in 1919, 
when only one male moose and one 
antelope may be killed by any person 
hunting legally. Provided, That during 
the open season of 1915-1916, there 
may be killed under special license, is- 
sued under the state game warden, fifty 
fully matured bull moose, and the pos- 
session of any moose or part of the 
same killed under said special license 

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shall be lawful. It shall be unlawful 
for any person or persons to kill or 
wound any elk or mountain sheep in 
any part of this state, except in Lin- 
coln, Park and Fremont counties. Pro- 
vided, That it shall be unlawful for any 
person or persons to kill or wound any 
elk in that part of Fremont county 
which lies north of Big Wind river and 
south of Sweetwater river. Provided, 
further. That it shall be unlawful for 
any person or persons to kill or wound 
any elk within the boundaries of the 
Bridger National Forest in this state, 
until the open season on game animals 
in 1919. Any person convicted of vio- 
lation of the provisions of this section 
shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
meanor, and shall be punished by a fine 
of not less than one hundred dollars, 
or by imprisonment in .the county jail 
for not less than thirty days nor more 
than six months, or by both such fine 
and imprisonment, in the discretion of 
the court. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 11. Open Seasons for Elk, Moun- 
tain Sheep and Deer. It shall be un- 
laAvful for any person or persons to 
hunt, wound or kill any elk or moun- 
tain sheep in this state, except from 
September 1st to November 15tli, in- 
clusive, of each year, and it shall be 
unlawful for any person or persons to 
hunt, wound, pursue or kill any deer 
within this state, except from October 
1st to November 15th, inclusive, of 
each year. Provided, That in Sher- 
idan, Campbell, Johnson, Crook, Wes- 
ton and Niobrara counties it shall be 

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unlawful for any person or persons to 
hunt, wound, pursue or kill any deer 
except from October 15tli to October 
31st, inclusive, of each year. Provided, 
further, That no person may kill more 
than one matured male mountain sheep 
and one deer in this state during the 
open season thereon, and this section 
shall apply only to persons hunting 
legally. Provided, That in that par- 
ticular territory, situated in Lincoln 
county and in cattle districts Numbers 
1, 3 and 5, which embraces all that 
portion of the Wyoming National For- 
est lying west and south of the Fall 
River Divide ; commonly known as the 
Fall River Rim or Crest. The hunting 
period will be from October 5th to No- 
vember 30th, of each year. Any per- 
son convicted of violation of the pro- 
Aasions of this section shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be 
punished by a fine of not less than 
fifty dollars nor more than one hun- 
dred dollars, or by imprisonment in 
the county jail for not less than thirty 
days nor more than three months, or 
by both such fine and imprisonment, in 
the discretion of the court. [L. 1915, 
Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 1. Elk Damaging Personal Prop- 
erty. The state game warden, his as- 
sistants and deputies, are hereby au- 
thorized to kill any elk that the state 
game warden deems in his judgment 
are doing damage to personal property 
at any season of the year. The car- 
casses, heads and hides from elk so 
killed shall be sold at public sale to the 

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best interests of the state and the 
money derived from the sale of such 
shall be placed in the state treasury. 
[L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 2748. Bear Hunter's License. 
Bear License. It shall be unlawful for 
any non-resident person to hunt, pur- 
sue, trap or kill any bear in this state 
without having first procured a "bear 
hunter's license," which shall be is- 
sued to him as other licenses upon the 
payment of the sum of ten dollars. 
[U 1911, Ch. 66, § 23.] 

Sec. 12. Number of Game Animals 
That May Be Killed. It shall be unlaw- 
ful for any person to kill more than two 
elk, one deer and one matured male 
mountain sheep in any one year ; also 
one fully matured bull moose, and the 
limit herein specified shall apply only 
to persons hunting legally. Any per- 
son convicted of violation of the pro- 
visions of this section shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be 
punished by a fine of not less than fifty 
dollars nor more than one hundred and 
fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the 
county jail for not less than thirty 
days nor more than six months, or by 
both such fine and imprisonment. [L. 
1915, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 2751. License to Hunt Game 
Animals. It shall be unlawful for any 
person or persons to hunt, pursue, or 
kill any of the game animals of this 
state without having first procured a 
license entitling such person or per- 
sons to do so. Every act of pursuing 
or killing any of the game animals with- 

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out such license, shall be considered a 
distinct and separate offense. Any per- 
son convicted of violation of the pro- 
visions of this section shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be 
punished by a fine of not less than sev- 
enty-five dollars nor more than one 
hundred dollars, or by imprisonment 
in the county jail for not less than 
thirty days nor more than six months, 
or by both such fine and imprisonment. 
[L. 1913, Ch. 121, § 8.] 

Sec. 14. Failure to Produce License. 
The failure of any person hunting the 
game animals and game birds, or fish- 
ing v^ithin the waters of this state, to 
produce the necessary and proper li- 
cense to engage in such hunting and 
fishing, when requested to do so by 
an authorized officer, shall be prima 
facie evidence of the violation of the 
provisions of Sections 31 and 32 of this 
Chapter and Section 23 of Chapter 66, 
Session Laws of Wyoming, 1911. [L. 
1915, Ch. 91.] [See pp. 18, 45, 46.] 

Sec. 15. Resident Hunter*s and Game 
Bird Licenses. Any person who is a 
bona fide elector of this state or the 
child or legal ward of a bona fide elec- 
tor of this state, over the age of fifteen 
years, or a soldier or a sailor who is 
a bona fide elector of the United States 
and has been stationed at a government 
post within this state for one year past, 
or a non-resident having property in 
this state on which he or she pays 
taxes to the amount of $100.00 or over, 
annually, or an officer employed in this 
state by the National Forest Service, 

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upon making application to any qual- 
ified justice of the peace, assistant or 
deputy game warden, and upon fur- 
nishing satisfactory proof that such 
person is a bona fide elector of this 
state, or the child or legal ward of a 
bona fide elector of this state, over the 
age of fifteen years, or a soldier or a 
sailor who is a bona fide elector of the 
United States and has been stationed 
at a government post within this state 
for one year past, or a non-resident 
having property in this state on which 
he or she pays taxes to the amount of 
$100.00 or over, annually, or an officer 
employed in this state by the National 
Forest Service, and upon the payment 
of two dollars and fifty cents to said 
justice of the peace, assistant ctr deputy 
game warden, shall be entitled to re- 
ceive a resident hunter's license, which 
license shall permit such person to 
pursue, hunt and kill one elk, one 
deer and one matured male mountain 
sheep and the game birds, during the 
current season, under the restrictions 
imposed by the laws of this state ; or, 
upon the payment of one dollar to 
said justice of the peace, assistant or 
deputy game warden, shall, if OA'er the 
age of fourteen years, be entitled to 
receive a game bird license, which 
license shall entitle such person to kill 
any of the game birds during the cur- 
rent season, under the restrictions im- 
posed by the laws of this state. [L. 
1915, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 16. Resident Hunter's Special 
License — Bull Moose License. Any per- 

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son who shall have complied with the 
provisions of Section 15 of this Chapter 
shall, at any time during the open sea- 
son on large game, upon the payment 
of $10.00 to any officer authorized to 
issue game licenses, be entitled to re- 
ceive a resident hunter's special license, 
which license shall entitle the person 
to whom the same is issued, to pursue, 
hunt and kill one elk in addition to 
the game animals he is permitted to 
kill under his resident hunter's license. 
Provided, further, There shall be issued 
a special bull moose license, the cost of 
which shall be one hundred dollars 
($100.00). Said license shall entitle 
the holder thereof, to kill one fully 
matured bull moose, under the follow- 
ing restrictions : Parties holding such 
license must be accompanied by a dep- 
uty warden appointed by the state 
game warden and who shall receive for 
such work the sum of four dollars per 
day. The above is to be paid by the 
holder of said moose license. [L. 1915, 
Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 17. Non-resident Gunner's and 
Hunter's Licenses. Any person who is 
not a bona fide elector of this state, 
or the child or legal ward of a bona 
fide elector of this state, or a soldier 
or sailor who is a bona fide elector of 
the United States, and has been sta- 
tioned at a government post within this 
state for one year past, or a non-resi- 
dent having property in this state on 
which he or she pays taxes to the 
amount of one hundred dollars or over, 
annually, but who shall be a citizen of 



the United States or a free-holder in 
this state, shall, upon the payment of 
five dollars to any justice of the peace, 
assistant or deputy game warden of 
this state, be entitled to receive from 
such officer a gunner's license, which 
license shall permit such person to kill 
any of the game birds and catch the 
fish of this state during the current 
season, under the restrictions imposed 
by the laws of this state. Any person 
who is not a bona fide elector of this 
state, or the child or legal ward of the 
bona fide elector of this state, or a 
soldier or a sailor who is a bona fide 
elector of the United States and has 
been stationed at a government post 
within this state for one year past, 
or a non-resident having property in 
this state on which he or she pays 
taxes to the amount of $100.00 or 
over, annually, or an officer employed 
in this state by the National Forest 
Service, shall, upon the payment of 
$50.00 to any justice of the peace, 
assistant or deputy game warden, be 
entitled to receive from such officer a 
non-resident hunter's license, which li- 
cense shall permit such person to kill 
two elk, one deer and one matured 
male mountain sheep and other game 
animals and game birds and catch the 
fish of this state, during the current 
season, under the restrictions imposed 
by the laws of this state. Provided, 
That any non-resident who has com- 
plied with the above may upon applica- 
tion to the state game warden, be issued 
a special Bull Moose License, which 



shall cost the holder thereof the sum of 
one hundred dollars, not more than one 
such license, shall be issued to each 
applicant. Said holder thereof to be 
accompanied by special game warden 
and who shall receive for such work 
the sum of four dollars per daj'. The 
above to be paid by the holder of said 
bull moose license. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 13. iVlien's Gun and Fish Li- 
cense. There is hereby created a spe- 
cial gun and fish license for aliens. No 
person, not a bona fide citizen of the 
United States, shall own or have in his 
possession, in the state of Wyoming, 
any gun, pistol or other firearm, or 
any fishing tackle, without first having 
obtained the specified license therefor, 
which such special gun and fish license 
shall cost the owner the sum of twenty- 
five dollars and shall expire on Decem- 
ber 31st of each year after date of 
issuance thereof ; Provided, however, 
That this section shall not apply to one 
who has obtained a fifty dollar hunting 
license issued under the provisions of 
Section 17 of this act. Provided fur- 
ther. That the provisions of this section 
shall not apply to any alien who is a 
bona fide resident of the state of Wyo- 
ming, and a bona fide freeholder in the 
state of Wymiong, or one who pays 
taxes in any county of this state in ex- 
cess of the sum of one hundred dollars, 
or to any settler on the public lands 
of the United States or the state of 
Wyoming and who shall have initiated 
proceedings to acquire title thereto un- 
der the several acts of Congress or the 

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laws of the state of Wyoming, nor shall 
it apply to persons engaged in tending 
or herding sheep or other animals in 
herd or on the open range when in ac- 
tive employment. Any alien of the 
United States who shall have in his 
possession or under his control any 
gun or pistol or other firearm, or any 
fishing tackle, without having taken out 
and being at the time in possession of 
a license as herein provided shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 
shall be punished by a fine of not less 
than twenty-five dollars and not more 
than one hundred dollars, and in the 
event that such fine and costs are not 
paid shall be imprisoned in the county 
jail until such fine and costs are paid 
at the rate of one dollar per day. It 
shall be the duty of the state game 
warden, his assistants and deputies, and 
all other peace oflicers in the state of 
Wyoming, to search for and take into 
their possession any gun, pistol or other 
firearm, or fishing tackle, found in the 
possession of any alien not entitled to 
hold or possess the same, and to sell 
the same, destroy or otherwise dispose 
of the same upon order of any justice 
of the peace or district court of the 
state of Wyoming, or a judge or dis- 
trict court commissioner thereof. Pro- 
vided, That any moneys derived from 
fines or moneys collected under this 
section shall, when the arrests are made 
by the state game warden, his assistants 
or his deputies, be paid over to the 
state game fund, and all fines and other 
moneys collected under the provisions 
of this section, when the arrest is made 

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by peace officers shall be paid into the 
school fund of the county where said 
offense is committed. [L. 1915, Ch. 
91.] 

Sec. 2760. Form of License Pre- 
scribed by State Game Warden. Each 
license permitting the hunting and kill- 
ing of the game animals or birds, of 
this state shall be of a form prescribed 
by the state game warden, w^ho shall 
cause the same to be printed and dis- 
tributed to the officers authorized by 
law to issue such licenses. Every act 
of pursuing, hunting or killing any of 
the game animals or birds, of this state 
without a license, shall be considered a 
distinct and separate offense. [L. 1913, 
Ch. 121, § 12.] 

Sec. 24. Sale or Shipment of Game. 
Game Specimen Defined — Game Tags. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to 
sell, barter or dispose of for any pecuni- 
ary consideration or advantage, or to 
obtain by sale or barter any edible por- 
tion or portions of any game animal or 
game bird or fish of this state. It is 
hereby declared that for the purpose of 
this act, a game specimen shall include 
and cover any carcass, or any part 
thereof, or any hide, tusk, scalp or head, 
whether mounted or unmounted, or any 
full life-sized mount, of any of the game 
animals or game birds of this state. 
It shall be unlawful to ship or trans- 
port, or to receive for shipment or 
transportation out of this state, any 
game specimen, as hereinbefore de- 
fined, or any beaver hide, or beaver 
hides, unless the same shall first be 



tagged with a Wyoming game tag. It 
shall be unlawful to ship or transport, 
by common carrier, or to receive for 
shipment or transportation by common 
carrier from one point in this state to 
another point in this state, any game 
specimen, as hereinbefore defined, or 
any beaver hide, or beaver hides, unless 
the same shall first be tagged with a 
Wyoming game tag. It shall be unlaw- 
ful for any person to deliver to any 
taxidermist or other person for mount- 
ing, or for any taxidermist or other 
person to receive or have in his pos- 
session for mounting, any game speci- 
men, as hereinbefore defined, or any 
beaver hide, or beaver hides, unless 
the same shall first be tagged with a 
Wyoming game tag. It shall be unlaw- 
ful for any person to give away any 
game specimen, as hereinbefore defined, 
or for any person to receive any such 
game specimen, unless the same shall 
first be tagged with a Wyoming game 
tag. Provided, That it shall be lawful 
for any person to sell or barter, ex- 
change any beaver hide or beaver hides, 
or any game specimen or specimens of 
any game animal of this state lawfully 
killed or taken, but such beaver hide 
of beaver hides, or game specimen or 
specimens, shall first be tagged with a 
W^yoming game tag. Any person con- 
victed of violation of the provisions 
of this section shall be deemed guilty 
of a misdemeanor and shall be pun- 
ished by a fine of not less than twenty 
dollars nor more than one hundred dol- 
lars, or shall be imprisoned in the coun- 
ty jail for not less than twenty days 

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nor more than sixty days, or may be 
punished by both such fine and impris- 
onment. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 25. Game Tags. x\ny person de- 
siring a game specimen or beaver liide 
tagged for any of tlie purposes con- 
tained in Section 24 of this cliapter, 
sliall comply with the following pro- 
visions : 

Such person shall make an affidavit 
before any justice of the peace author- 
ized to issue Wyoming game tags, stat- 
ing that the game specimen or beaver 
hide is from an animal or bird taken 
or killed in accordance with the law ; 
the time when, the place where, ap- 
proximately, and the person by whom 
such animal or bird w^as taken or killed. 
Said affidavit shall also state the name 
of the person to whom said game speci- 
men or beaver hide will be shipped or 
delivered, and the place where said 
game specimen or beaver hide will be 
shipped or delivered; and if the game 
specimen be an edible portion of the 
game animal or bird, then said affidavit 
shall state that such edible portion of 
such game animal or bird is not being 
sold or disposed of for any pecuniary 
consideration. 

Such person shall then pay to the 
said justice of the peace a fee of twen- 
ty-five cents, whereupon the justice of 
the peace shall then attach to the game 
specimen or beaver hide a Wyoming 
game tag and seal, which tag and seal 
shall entitle the person to ship or 
transport, or receive for shipment or 
transportation out of this state such 



game specimen or beaver hide ; or such 
tag will entitle the person to ship or 
transport by common carrier from one 
point within this state to any other 
point w^ithin this state, such game spec- 
imen or beaver hide, or to deliver to 
any taxidermist or other person for 
mounting, or to have in his possession 
such mounted game specimen, or to 
sell, barter, exchange or dispose of for 
any pecuniary consideration or profit 
any beaver hide, or any game speci- 
men except an edible game specimen, 
of which such sale, barter, exchange 
and disposition of for a pecuniary con- 
sideration or profit is hereinbefore pro- 
hibited. 

The state game warden shall keep a 
strict record of all Wyoming game tags 
issued by him to the justices of the 
peace, and said justices of the peace 
shall keep a strict record in their court 
dockets, on a page or pages set apart 
for that purpose, of each game speci- 
men or beaver hide tagged with a Wyo- 
ming game tag, which record shall also 
show the kind of game specimen so 
tagged, the name and address of the 
person to whom a game tag or game 
tags have been issued, the date of is- 
sue, the number of the tag or tags so 
issued. And the purpose or purposes 
for which said tag or tags were issued. 
It shall be the duty of every justice 
of the peace who tags game specimens 
or beaver hides within this state, to 
submit a written report to the state 
game warden on December 1st, of each 
year, showing in detail the kind and 
number of game specimens or beaver 

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hides tagged with a Wyoming game 
tag, the names and address of persons 
to whom tags have been issued, the 
date of issue, tlie number of the tag or 
tags so issued, the purpose or pur- 
poses for which said tag or tags were 
issued ; said report to cover and per- 
tain to all game specimens or beaver 
hides tagged by such justice of the 
peace or his predecessor in office, if any 
there be, for the year ending December 
first, respectively. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 2762. Possession or Sale of Game 
Unlawful — When. It shall be unlawful 
for any person or persons to have in 
possession or to buy or sell any game 
or any part of game in this state, which 
was killed or taken in another state, 
nation or foreign country, when the 
possession, hunting or killing or pur- 
chase or sale of such game, or parts 
thereof, is prohibited in this state. 
Any person convicted of the violation 
of the provisions of this section shall 
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 
shall be punished by a fine of not less 
than ten dollars, nor more than one 
hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in 
the county jail for not less than ten 
days, nor more than sixty days, or 
both such fine and imprisonment. [L. 
1913, Ch. 121, § 13.] 

Sec. 18. Guides — Certificates, Re- 
ports, and Duties. It shall be unlawful 
for any person to be engaged in the 
business of guiding, as the term is com- 
monly understood, without having first 
secured from a justice of the peace 
of the county in which he resides, a 

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guide certificate. Any competent per- 
son of good moral character, who is a 
bona fide citizen and qualified elector of 
this state, may, upon the payment of 
$10.00 to a justice of the peace of this 
state, receive a certificate of guide, 
which certificate shall be valid for a 
term of one year from the date of 
issue, unless sooner revoked, and shall 
state the name, age and place of resi- 
dence of the holder of the same, and 
shall recite that the holder of such 
certificate is a person of good moral 
character, a bona fide resident and 
qualified elector of this state. Every 
person, before obtaining such certifi- 
cate, shall file with the said justice of 
the peace a bond in the amount of 
$500.00 for the faithful performance 
of his duty, said bond to be approved 
by the justice of the peace. He shall 
present to the justice of the peace the 
afi^idavit of two resident free-holders, 
known to the said justice of the peace, 
corroborating his own affidavit that he, 
the said applicant, is of good moral 
character, a bona fide citizen and qual- 
ified elector of this state. 

All such guides shall be required to 
furnish to the state game warden sworn 
reports each year, not later than De- 
cember 15th; the said reports to con- 
tain the names of persons guided, the 
number of animals and kind killed by 
each person, and the disposition of said 
animal ; the number of arrests and con- 
victions for violations of game or fish 
laws and the name of the justice of the 
peace granting his certificate. Every 
person acting as guide, as herein pro- 

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vided, shall be an ex-ofRcio assistant 
game warden, and shall file with the 
state game warden, his oath of office. 
Each such guide shall immediately re- 
port to the state game warden any vio- 
lation of the game or fish laws of this 
state by the person employing him, or 
by any other person. Every guide who, 
as an ex-officio assistant game warden, 
makes an arrest and secures the con- 
viction of any violation of any of the 
game laws of this state, shall be en- 
titled to receive ,$3.00 per day for each 
day necessarily employed in making 
such arrest and securing such convic- 
tion, to be paid from the state general 
fund, when his account has been ap- 
proved by the state game commission. 
Any guide convicted of violating any 
of the provisions of this section, or of 
the game laws of this state, shall have 
his certificate revoked by the justice 
of the peace who granted the same. 
Any guide whose certificate has been 
revoked or any person who is convict- 
ed of violating any of the game laws 
of this state, as aforesaid, shall be in- 
eligible to act as guide in this state 
for a period of five years from the date 
of such revocation or conviction. [L. 
1915, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 2764. Non-Resideiits Must Have 
Guides. It shall be unlawful for any 
person who is not a qualified elector 
of this state, or the child or legal ward 
of a bona fide elector of this state, 
over the age of fifteen years, to hunt, 
pursue or kill any of the game animals 
of this state, unless accompanied by a 
qualified guide. 

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It shall be unlawful for any party of 
such non-resident persons, out for the 
purpose of hunting the game animals 
of this state, to enter the game fields 
of this state, unless each of [such] 
non-residents has employed, and is ac- 
companied by, an individual qualified 
guide. Provided, That one man and 
one woman may both be conducted by 
the same guide. Any person convicted 
of violating the provisions of this sec- 
tion shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
meanor and shall be fined in a sum not 
less than fifty dollars, nor more than 
one hundred dollars. [L. 1913, Ch. 121, 
§ 14.] 

Sec. 19. Moneys Remitted to State 
Treasurer. All moneys collected for 
hunting licenses and guide certificates, 
as provided in the game laws of this 
state, shall, within fifteen days after 
receipt of same by any justice of the 
peace, assistant or deputy game war- 
den, be paid into the state treasury. 
Every justice of the peace, assistant and 
deputy game warden, shall also furnish 
the state treasurer with such remit- 
tance, a list of the names of all persons 
who have secured licenses and guide 
certificates, which report shall also state 
the number and kind of the licenses or 
certificates, the date of issue and the 
address of the party to whom issued. 
A duplicate of this report shall also 
be filed with the state game warden. 
All moneys so paid into the state treas- 
ury shall be credited to the general 
fund of the state. All justices of the 
peace, assistant and deputy game war- 

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(lens shall be held responsible under 
their bonds for all licenses and certifi- 
cates issued to them by the state game 
warden. Any such officers who violate 
the provisions of this section shall, upon 
conviction be deemed guilty of a mis- 
demeanor and shall be fined in a sum 
of not less than twenty-five dollars nor 
more than one hundred dollars. [L. 
1915, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 20. Fees for Issuing Licenses. 

The justices of the peace and unsal- 
aried deputy game warden [si collect- 
ing and accounting for game licenses 
and guide certificates proyided for by 
the game laws of this state, shall be 
allowed fees as follows : 

Each resident ordinary big game 

license $ .50 

Each resident bird license 25 

Each resident special big game 

license 1.00 

Each non-resident or alien big 

game license 2.50 

Each non-resident gunner's license .50 

Each non-resident bear license 1.00 

Each guide's certificate 1.00 

Provided, That any officer who is au- 
thorized by the provisions of this act 
to issue licenses, and who shall issue 
the same to a person not entitled there- 
to, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
meanor and shall be fined in any sum 
not exceeding twenty-five dollars, and 
the state game warden may thereupon 
revoke the authority of such officer to 
issue any further license. [L. 1915, 
Ch. 91.] 

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Sec. 21. Capture of Game Animals. 

It shall be unlawful for any person or 
persons to capture any of the game an- 
imals of this state, except in the man- 
ner hereinafter provided in this section. 
Any responsible resident person of 
good character, who shall desire to 
capture any of the game animals of 
this state, for the purpose of domesti- 
cation and propagation, upon applica- 
tion to the state game warden, and the 
payment of one dollar, may receive 
from such state game warden a permit 
which shall entitle such person to cap- 
ture not more than three male elk, six 
female elk, three male deer, six female 
deer, three male mountain sheep, three 
female mountain sheep, three male an- 
telope, six female antelope. Provided, 
That during the months of January, 
February, March and April, the capture 
of such game animals shall be under 
the direction, supervision and assist- 
ance of the state game warden or an 
assistant [or] deputy game warden. It 
shall be unlawful for any person to cap- 
ture any elk more than one year old, or 
any deer, mountain sheep or antelope 
more than three months old. No person 
shall be entitled to receive more than 
one permit under the provisions of this 
section. The capture and custody of 
any of the animals mentioned in this 
section shall not entitle a person hold- 
ing a permit under the provisions of 
this section to kill, sell or dispose of 
the game, or to ship the same out of 
the state for the period of five years 
from the date of the capture of said 
animals, but such person shall be en- 

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titled to an absolute property riglit in 
the natural increase of such animals. 
Any person who shall violate any of 
the provisions of this section shall, 
upon conviction thereof, be fined in a 
sum of not less than twenty-five dol- 
lars nor more than one hundred dollars, 
or be imprisoned in the county jail for 
not less than thirty days nor more 
than sixty days, or be punished by 
both such fine and imprisonment. [L. 
1915, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 22. Photographing Game Ani- 
mals. It shall be unlawful for any per- 
son or persons to photograph any of 
the game animals of this state during 
the months or January, February, March 
and April, except in the manner here- 
inafter provided in this section. Any 
responsible person who shall desire to 
photograph any of the game animals 
of this state during the months of Jan 
uary, February, March and April, upon 
the payment of one dollar to the state 
game warden and upon the recommen- 
dation of two well known responsible 
electors of this state, may receive from 
such state game warden a permit, which 
permit shall entitle such person to en- 
ter the game fields of this state during 
said months and photograph any of the 
game animals therein, but such person 
shall be under the direction and super- 
vision of the state game warden or an 
assistant or deputy game warden de- 
tailed for that purpose. It shall be the 
duty of all game wardens employed as 
provided for in this section and in Sec- 
tion 13 [21] of this chapter, to pre- 

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vent any harrassing, undue disturbance 
of, or injury to the game animals of 
this state. Every person holding a per- 
mit to capture or to photograph game 
animals shall pay to the officer direct- 
ing, supervising and assisting him as 
herein provided, the sum of three dol- 
lars per day for each day or fraction of 
a day such officer shall be so employed, 
and such funds shall be remitted by 
such game warden, within ten days af- 
ter such service has been performed, 
to the state treasurer to the credit of 
the general fund, together with a state- 
ment showing from whom collected, 
time of service and number and kind 
of animals captured and place of cap- 
ture, or if he has been employed to 
assist in photographing the game ani- 
mals of this state, then a statement 
shall accompany his remittance show- 
ing for whom the service was per- 
formed, where and when the time of 
service. Duplicates of such reports 
shall be filed with the state game war- 
den. Provided, That if such assistant 
or deputy game warden is not regularly 
employed by the state during the time 
such service was performed, then he 
shall render his account against the 
state for such sum as may be approved 
by the state game warden, not to ex- 
ceed the amount collected, which shall 
be paid from the state game fund by 
proper warrant issued by the state au- 
ditor. Provided, further. That all fees 
or earnings received by the state game 
warden under the provisions of this 
section shall be covered into the state 
treasury to the credit of the general 

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fund. The state game warden shall 
have power to revoke at any time, any 
permit granted by him under the pro- 
visions of this section and Section 13 
[21] of this chapter. Any person who 
shall violate any of the provisions of 
this section shall, upon conviction 
tliereof, be fined in the sum of not less 
than fifty dollars nor more than one 
hundred dollars, or shall be confined in 
the county jail not less than thirty days, 
nor more than ninety davs. [L. 1915, 
Ch. 91.] [Sec. 13, p. 23.] 

Sec. 23. Beaver. It shall be unlaw- 
ful for any person to kill, wound, en- 
snare or entrap any beaver within this 
state, until the fifteenth day of Sep- 
tember, 1919. Provided, That any bona 
fide owner of real estate, who is being 
damaged by beaver, may have the same 
destroj^ed by obtaining the permission 
of the state game warden, as follows: 
Such land owner shall make application 
to the state game warden, stating the 
location of his land, the location of the 
beaver, and the character of the dam- 
age being done. Thereupon the state 
game warden shall investigate said 
complaint, and if he finds that actual 
damage is being done by the beaver to 
the lands or property of the complain- 
ant, he shall immediately issue permis- 
sion to destroy same. Said property 
owner shall, after destroying same, im- 
mediately report number destroyed to 
the state game warden. [L. 1915, Ch. 
91.] 

Sec. 2770. Unlawful to Capture or 
Kill Buffalo. It shall be unlawful for 



any person to kill, chase, pursue or 
catch any buffalo of any age at any sea- 
son of the year in this state, or to drive 
or in any manner remove or transport 
any buffalo out of this state. Any per- 
son or persons who shall violate the 
provisions of this section shall be guilty 
of a felony, and upon conviction there- 
of, shall be punished by imprisonment 
in the state penitentiary for not less 
than three years, nor more than ten 
years ; Provided, That this section shall 
not apply to any captive, tame or do- 
mesticated buffalo. 

Sec. 2771. Wanton Destruction of 
Game. Whoever at any time kills, cap- 
tures or destroys any game animal of 
this state, and detaches or removes 
from the carcass thereof, only the head, 
hide, antlers, horns, tusk or tusks, or 
any or all of the aforesaid parts, or 
captures or mutilates any such game 
animal while alive by removing or de- 
taching a tusk or tusks therefrom, is 
guilty of a felony, and upon conviction 
thereof, shall be imprisoned in the 
penitentiary for not more than five 
years. The purpose and intent of this 
section is to protect game animals of 
the state from wanton, ruthless or 
wasteful destruction or mutilation for. 
their heads, hides, antlers, horns or 
tusks alone, and its provisions are to 
be so construed and the failure of any 
person or persons to properly dress 
and care for any animal or animals 
killed by such person or persons and 
if reasonably accessible, within forty- 
eight hours to take or transport to the 

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camp of such person or persons such 
carcass, and there properly care for 
same, shall be prima facie evidence of 
the violation of the provisions of this 
section. 

Sec. 2774. Taxidermists. It shall be 
unlawful for any professional taxider- 
mist or taxidermists, who shall mount 
specimens or heads of game animals or 
birds for profit, to fail to report to the 
state game warden on the 1st day of 
each and every month of the year, giv- 
ing therein a list of the names of all 
persons who furnish them with game 
specimens, and the kind and character 
of such specimens ; and such taxider- 
mist or taxidermists shall be required 
to keep posted in a conspicuous place 
in their respective shops or offices, a 
list of all persons who furnish them 
with raw or unmounted specimens, and 
all such taxidermists shall be required 
to exhibit such list together with all 
specimens in their possession to the 
state game warden or his assistant or 
deputies upon request. Any person 
violating the provisions of this section 
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and 
upon conviction thereof shall be fined 
in any sum not less than twenty dol- 
lars, nor more than one hundred dol- 
lars, or shall be imprisoned in the 
county jail for a period of thirty days. 
[L. 1913, Ch. 121, § 19.] 

Sec. 28. Transportation of Game 
Animals or Specimens. It shall be un- 
lawful for any railway, express com- 
pany, stage company, or other public 
carriers, or any of their agents or em- 

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ployees or other person or persons to 
receive or have in their possession for 
transportation, any live game animal or 
game birds or game specimen as de- 
fined in Section 24 of this chapter, or 
any beaver hide or beaver hides, ex- 
cept as otherwise provided by law. Any 
railway, express company, or stage 
company or other public carrier or any 
of their agents or employees or other 
person or persons convicted of viola- 
tion of the provisions of this section 
shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
meanor and shall be fined not less than 
one hundred dollars nor more than five 
hundred dollars. Provided, That none 
of the provisions of this section shall 
applj^ to game or fish in transit through 
this state from other states or terri- 
tories. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] [Sec. 24, 
p. 25.] 

Sec. 29. Justices of the Peace — List. 
Supplies — Appropriation. The county 
clerk of each county of this state shall 
furnish to the state game warden a full, 
true and complete list of all justices 
of the peace within his respective coun- 
ty, together with their respective post- 
office address. The state game warden 
is hereby authorized and directed to 
furnish game tags, sealing implements, 
printed licenses and certificates in ac- 
cordance with the provisions of the 
game laws of this state ; such licenses 
and certificates to be prepared with 
stubs and securely bound in books and 
numbered consecutively. He shall pro- 
vide each justice of the peace, assistant 
game warden and deputy game warden 

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with a suitable supply of licenses and 
certificates, and such books, together 
with the stubs and unused licenses and 
certificates shall be returned to the 
state game warden on or before De- 
cember 5th of each year by such jus- 
tices of the peace, assistant and deputy 
game wardens. The state game war- 
den shall also furnish to such justices 
of the peace as shall apply for the 
same, game tags and sealing imple- 
ments for the purpose of complying 
with the provisions of Section 25 of 
this chapter. Sealing implements and 
game tags so furnished shall be con- 
sidered the property of this state and 
unused seals and sealing implements 
shall be returned to the state game 
warden upon the expiration of the 
term of office of such justice of the 
peace. For the purpose of defraying 
the cost of purchasing implements and 
game tags, printing licenses and cer- 
tificates and paying postage and fur- 
nishing such other supplies and paying 
such other expenses as may be neces- 
sary to carry into effect the provisions 
of this chapter, the sum of $1,000.00 
per annum, or so much thereof as may 
be necessary, is hereby appropriated 
out of the general fund of the state. 
Any oflScer violating the provisions of 
this section, shall, upon conviction 
thereof, be deemed guilty of a misde- 
meanor and shall be fined- in a sum of 
not less than ten dollars. [L, 1915, 
Ch. 91.] [Sec. 25, p. 27.] 



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Sec. 2778. Use of Dogs in Hunting 
Prohibited. It shall be unlawful for 
any person or persons to use dogs for 
the purpose of running or coursing 
deer, antelope, elk, mountain sheep or 
moose. Any person convicted of vio- 
lation of the provision of this section 
shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
meanor, and shall be fined not less 
than ten dollars, nor more than fifty 
dollars ; or shall be imprisoned not 
less than ten days, nor more than sixty 
days. 

Sec. 30. Predatory Wild Animals in 
Game Preserves — Use of Dogs. It shall 
be unlawful for any person to enter 
the national forests of this state for 
the purpose of chasing or coursing 
predatory wild animals with dogs, un- 
less each of such dogs shall have been 
duly tagged as hereinafter provided. 
Upon application to the state game 
warden, and the payment of one dollar 
for each dog, the applicant may, in the 
discretion of the state game warden, 
receive a license, good for the closed 
season on large game animals during 
the current calendar year only, per- 
mitting such applicant to hunt and 
chase mountain lion, wolves, fox, coy- 
otes, lynx, wildcats and wolverines 
within any part of the national forests 
which are not included with the state 
game preserve. Each dog contemplat- 
ed by this section shall bear a metal 
tag attached to a substantial collar and 
bearing the license number and name 
of such applicant ; all such tags and 
collars shall be furnished at the ex- 

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pense of the applicant. Any holder of 
such license may take such tagged dogs 
into the state game preserve of this 
state when the state game warden may 
deem it advisable for the extermination 
of predatory wild animals upon the 
condition that such dogs be taken and 
kept in such state game preserve in 
company with the state game warden 
or one of his assistants or deputies, 
and any hunting or chasing of any of 
the above mentionad animals in said 
state game preserve shall be under the 
direct supervision and control of the 
state game warden or his assistant or 
deputy. Any person convicted of the 
violation of any provision of this sec- 
tion shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
meanor and shall be fined no less than 
seventy-five dollars nor more than one 
hundred dollars, or may be imprisoned 
in the county jail for a period of not 
less than thirty days nor more than 
ninety days, or may be punished by 
both such fine and imprisonment, in 
the discretion of the court. [L. 1915, 
Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 2780. Trespass. It shall be un- 
lawful to hunt, shoot or enter in pur- 
suit of game, or to kill or attempt to 
kill from the public highway any game 
animals or game birds on the enclosed 
lands of another without having first 
obtained permission from the owner or 
person in charge of the same. Any 
person convicted of violation of the 
provisions of this section shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 



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shall be fined not less than five dollars, 
nor more than twenty dollars. 

Sec. 2781. County Commissioners 
Appoint Game and Fish Wardens. For 

the more certain detection and punish- 
ment of the violators of this chapter, 
the board of county commissioners 
may, in their discretion, appoint a game 
and fish warden for the county who 
shall hold his oflSce during the pleasure 
of the board, and shall be subject to 
removal at any time. He shall receive 
such compensation as the board of 
county commissioners may determine 
which shall be at a rate not to exceed 
three dollars per day for the time act- 
ually and necessarily employed by him 
in the discharge of his duties, and he 
shall be paid out of such funds as the 
board may direct. Before entering up- 
on his duties, he shall take and sub- 
scribe to an oath before some ofiicer 
authorized by the laws of the state to 
administer oaths, to faithfully perform 
the duties of his oflfice. Whenever the 
attention of the county game and fish 
warden is called to any violation of the 
provisions of this chapter, and he shall 
fail to take proper steps for the arrest 
and conviction of any person or per- 
sons or corporations charged with vio- 
lating any of the provisions of this 
chapter, he shall be guilty of a misde- 
meanor and upon conviction thereof 
shall be fined in any sum not greater 
than one hundred dollars, and shall 
have his commission revoked ; provid- 
ed, That nothing in this chapter shall 
prevent the state game warden from 

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appointing sucli assistants in each 
county as he deems necessaVy herein- 
before provided. 

Sec. 2782. Disposition of Fines. Up- 
on the arrest and conviction of any per- 
son or persons violating any of tlie 
provisions of the game and fish laws, 
the whole of the fine shall be paid into 
the school fund of the county in which 
such fine shall be collected. 

Sec. 31. Authority to Arrest, Seize 
and Search. Any officer authorized to 
enforce the game and fish laws of this 
state may, without process, arrest any 
violator of any of the provisions of said 
laws, and such oflScers shall, with dili- 
gence, cause such person to be taken 
before the proper court for trial or 
examination, which trial or examina- 
tion shall be had upon complaint or 
information as now provided by law. 
Any oflEicer authorized to enforce the 
game and fish laws of this state may, 
at any time, seize and take into custody 
any fish, carcass or part thereof, tusk, 
scalp, head, or any game bird which 
has been unlawfully killed or which is 
held in possession in violation of law. 
or has been obtained in violation of 
law% and such game or fish shall be sold 
to the best advantage, and the money 
derived from the sale thereof shall be 
paid into the state treasury, to be cred- 
ited to the general fund. The state 
game warden and his assistant and dep- 
uty game wardens and all sheriffs and 
constables of this state, shall have the 
right to search any camp, camp outfit, 

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pack or pack animals, automobiles, 
wagon, bnggy or hunting clothes for 
game specimens, carcasses, heads, hides, 
scalps, tusks or other parts of game 
animals and game birds, or any fish, 
which they have reason to believe were 
killed or taken in violation of any of 
the provisions of the game and fish 
laws of this state. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 32. State Game Preserves Ex- 
cepted. The provisions of the game 
laws of this state, or those parts there- 
of defining an open season for, and per- 
mitting the pursuit, hunting and kill- 
ing of the game animals and game 
birds of this state, and regulating the 
capture of such game animals, shall 
not apply to any of the areas included 
in any of the state game preserves now 
established or which may hereafter be 
established. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 



STATE GAME PRESERVES. 

Sec. 1. Teton State Game Preserve. 

For the better protection of birds and 
animals and for the establishment of 
breeding places therefor, the following 
area within the state of Wyoming is 
hereby set aside, designated and estab- 
lished as a state game preserve : 

All that portion of the state of Wyo- 
ming embraced within the following 
described boundaries, which area shall 
constitute and be knows [known] as 
the TETON STATE GAME PRE- 
SERVE : Beginning at a point on the 
south boundary line of the Yellowstone 
National Park where the Teton range 
intersects said line; thence following 

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southerly along the crest of said range 
to the head of Moran creek; thence 
easterly along " said Moran creek to 
Jackson's lake; thence easterly along 
the southern shore of said lake to its 
outlet ; thence down the Snake river to 
the mouth of Buffalo Fork; thence up 
Buffalo Fork in an easterly direction 
to a point where the government road 
crosses said creek ; thence to follow said 
government road in an easterly and 
southerly direction to where the gov- 
ernment road crosses DuNoir creek; 
thence up DuNoir creek in a northerly 
direction to the east fork of said creek ; 
thence up the east fork of DuNoir 
creek to the divide; thence north and 
west along the crest of the Continental 
Divide to a point directly north of the 
headwaters of Soda creek ; thence in a 
southwesterly direction down Soda 
creek to the north fork of Buffalo 
creek ; thence directly north to the 
Continental Divide ; thence along the 
Continental Divide in a northwesterly 
direction to where said Continental Di- 
vide intersects the southern boundary 
line of the Yellowstone National Park ; 
thence along the southern boundary 
line of the Yellowstone National Park 
in a westerly direction to the place of 
beginning. [L. 1917, Ch. 108.] 

Sec. 2. Shoshone State Game Pre- 
serve. For the better protection of 
birds and animals and for the estab- 
lishment of breeding places therefor, 
the following area within the state of 
Wyoming is hereby set aside, desig- 
nated and established as a state game 
preserve : 

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All that iiortion of the state of Wyo- 
ming embraced within the following 
described boundaries, w^hich area shall 
constitute and be known as the SHO- 
SHONE STATE GAME PRESERVE: 
Beginning at a point on the eastern 
boundary line of the Yellowstone Na- 
tional Park where Canfield creek inter- 
sects said line ; thence down said Can- 
field creek in a northeasterly direction 
to the North Fork of the Shoshone 
river ; thence down the North Fork of 
the Shoshone river in an easterly direc- 
tion to where said river intersects the 
eastern boundary line of the Shoshone 
National Forest ; thence following said 
forest boundary line to where the South 
Fork of the Shoshone river intersects ; 
thence up the South Fork of the Sho- 
shone river to Deer creek ; thence in a 
westerly direction along Deer creek 
to the Absaraka Divide; thence south 
along the Absaraka Divide to Younts 
Peak; thence following the crest of 
the divide between the Thorofare and 
Yellowstone rivers to Hawks Rest 
mountain ; thence in a northwesterly 
direction to the nearest point on 
Bridger lake ; thence around said lake 
on the south and west sides to the 
outlet ; thence down the outlet of 
Bridger lake in a westerly direction to 
the Yellowstone river ; thence down 
the Yellowstone river in a northwest- 
erly direction to the southern borjidary 
of the Yellowstone National Park; 
thence following the southern and east- 
ern boundary lines of the Yellowstone 
National Park to the place of beginning. 
[L. 1917, Ch. 108.] 



Sec. 3. Hoodoo State Game Preserve. 

For the better protection of birds and 
animals and for the establishment of 
breeding places therefor, the following 
area within the state of Wyoming is 
hereby set aside, designated and estab- 
lished as a state game preserve : 

All that portion of the state of Wyo- 
ming embraced within the following de- 
scribed boundaries, which area shall 
constitute and be known as the HOO- 
DOO STATE GAME PRESERVE: 
Beginning at a point where Galena 
creek empties into Sunlight creek ; 
thence due north to the Wyoming-Mon- 
tana boundary line ; thence following 
said boundary line in a westerly direc- 
tion to the eastern boundary line of 
the Yellowstone National Park ; thence 
following the eastern boundary line of 
the Yellowstone National Park in a 
southerly direction to where said line 
crosses the Absaraka Divide; thence 
following said divide in an easterly di- 
rection to where the Sunlight Trail 
crosses said divide; thence following 
the Sunlight Trail in a northeasterly 
direction to the place of beginning. [L. 
1917, Ch. 108.] 

Sec. 4. Carter Mountain State Game 
Preserve. For the better protection of 
birds and animals and for the estab- 
lishment of breeding places therefor, 
the following area within the state of 
Wyoming is hereby set aside, desig- 
nated and established as a state game 
preserve : 

All that area of the state of Wyo- 
ming embraced within the following 

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described boundaries, which area shall 
constitute and be known as the CAR- 
TER MOUNTAIN STATE GAME PRE- 
SERVE : Beginning at a point on 
Boulder Creek three miles above its 
mouth; thence in a northeasterly di- 
rection to the boundary line of the Sho- 
shone National Forest; thence follow- 
ing said forest boundary line in an 
easterly and southerly direction to 
where said line crosses the Grey Bull 
river ; thence up the Greybull river to 
the mouth of Eleanor creek ; thence 
up Eleanor creek to the divide ; thence 
following the divide in a southwesterly 
direction to Needle mountain, including 
all of the watershed of Boulder creek ; 
thence following the divide in a north- 
erly direction to the place of beginning. 
[L. 1917, Ch. 108.] 

Sec. 5. Popo Agie State Game Pre- 
serve. For the better protection of 
birds and animals and for the estab- 
lishment of breeding places therefor, 
the following area within the state of 
Wyoming is hereby set aside, desig- 
nated and established as a state game 
preserve : 

All that portion of the state of Wyo- 
ming embraced within the following 
described boundaries, which area shall 
constitute and be known as the POPO 
AGIE STATE GAME PRESERVE: 
Beginning at a point where the Little 
Popo Agie river intersects the east 
boundary line of the Washakie Nation- 
al Forest ; thence following said forest 
boundary line in a southerly direction 
to the southeast corner thereof ; thence 

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following south and west along the 
southern boundary lines of the Wash- 
akie and Bridger National Forests to 
the East Fork of Green river ; thence 
north along the East Fork of Green 
river to the northwest corner of the 
Washakie National Forest ; thence 
east and south, following the boundary 
line of the Washakie National Forest 
to the place of beinning. [L. 1917, Ch. 
108.] 

Sec. 6. Big Horn State Game Pre- 
serve. For the better protection of 
birds and animals and for the estab- 
lishment of breeding places therefor, 
the following area within the state of 
Wyoming is hereby set aside, desig- 
nated and established as a state game 
preserve : 

All that portion of the state of Wyo- 
ming embraced within the following 
described boundaries, which area shall 
constitute and be known as the BIG 
HORN STATE GAME PRESERVE: 
Beginning at a point at the northwest 
corner of the Big Horn National Forest 
where the same intersects the Montana 
boundary line ; thence in a southerly 
and easterly direction along the west 
boundary line of the Big Horn National 
Forest to a point directly west of the 
east Tensleep lake ; thence directly 
east to the east Tensleep lake ; thence 
in a northeasterly direction to the sum- 
mit of the Big Horn range of moun- 
tains ; thence in a northeasterly direc- 
tion to a point directly opposite the ex- 
treme headwaters of Sherd Lake creek. ; 
thence down Sherd Lake creek in an 

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easterly direction to its junction with 
the North Fork of Middle Fork of Clear 
creek to the Buffalo Lumber Company 
saw-mill ; thence in a northeasterly di- 
rection down the Buffalo Road to Hun- 
ter ranger station ; thence in a north- 
westerly direction up the Hunter creek 
road to the Paradise ranch ; thence due 
north across the center of an open park 
to the South Fork of Rock creek ; 
thence down Rock creek in a northerly 
and easterly direction to where it inter- 
sects the east boundary line of the Big 
Horn National Forest ; thence north 
along the east boundary line of the Big 
Horn National Forest to the Penrose- 
Horton trail ; thence in a westerly and 
northwesterly direction along the Pen- 
rose-Horton trail to the Penrose ranger 
station; thence in a northwesterly di- 
rection four miles west of the east 
boundary line of the Big Horn National 
Forest to the Montana line ; thence due 
west to the point of beginning. [L. 
1917, Ch. 108.] 

Sec. 7. Days River State Game Pre- 
serve. For the better protection of 
birds and animals and for the estab- 
lishment of breeding places therefor, 
the following area within the state of 
Wyoming is hereby set aside, desig- 
nated and established as a state game 
preserve : 

All that portion of the state of Wyo- 
ming embraced within the following 
described boundaries, which area shall 
constitute and be known as the DAYS 
RIVER STATE GAME PRESERVE: 
Beginning at the northwest corner of 



the Wyoming National Forest; thence 
running in a northeasterly direction up 
the Snake river to the Teton National 
Forest boundary line ; then south and 
east along the boundary line between 
the Teton and Wyoming National For- 
ests to a point directly west of the ex- 
treme headwaters of the Little John 
Days river ; thence in a westerly direc- 
tion down the Little John Days river to 
where it intersects with the John Days 
river ; thence down the John Days 
river to the west boundary line of the 
Wyoming National Forest; thence 
north along the west boundary line of 
the Wyoming National Forest to the 
place of beginning. [L. 1917, Ch. 108.] 

Sec. 9 [8]. Wind River State Game 
Preserve. For the better protection of 
birds and animals and for the estab- 
lishment of breeding places therefor, 
the following area within the state of 
Wyoming is hereby set aside, desig- 
nated and established as a state game 
preserve : 

All that portion of the state of Wyo- 
ming embraced within the following 
described boundaries, which area shall 
constitute and be known as the WIND 
RIVER STATE GAME PRESERVE: 
Beginning at the center of section 8, in 
township 6 north, range 6 east of Wind 
River Meridian; thence due east to 
the east boundary line of the Shoshone 
Indian Reservation ; thence south 
along said line one-quarter of a mile; 
thence due east one-quarter of a mile ; 
thence due south two miles ; thence 
due west to the east boundary line of 

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the Shoshone Indian Reservation; 
thence due south one and one-quarter 
mile ; thence due west about one and 
three-eights [eighths] miles to the 
southeast corner or the southwest 
quarter of section 29; thence due 
north one mile and a half to the center 
of section 20 ; thence due east one-half 
mile ; thence due north one mile and 
one-half mile to the southeast corner of 
section 8 ; thence due west one-half 
mile to the southeast corner of the 
southwest quarter of section 8; thence 
to the center of section 8; thence 
equivalent to the point of beginning. 
[L. 1917, Ch. 108.] 

Sec. 9. Careyhiirst Game Preserve. 

For the better protection of birds and 
animals and for the establishment of 
breeding places therefor, the following 
area within the state of Wyoming is 
hereby set aside, designated and estab- 
lished as a state game preserve : 

All that portion of the state of Wyo- 
ming described as follows, which area 
shall constitute and be known as the 
CAREYHURST STATE GAME PRE- 
SERVE : All that portion of Converse 
county situate in township 33 north, 
range 74, 75 and 76 west, together with 
sections 7 and 18 of township 33 north, 
range 73 west. [L. 1917, Ch. 108.] 

Sec. 10. Bridger State Game Pre- 
serve. For the better protection of 
birds and animals and for the estab- 
lishment of breeding places therefor, 
the following area within the state of 
Wyoming is hereby set aside, desig- 

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nated and established as a state game 
preserve : 

All that portion of the state of Wyo- 
ming described as follows, which area 
shall constitute and be known as the 
BRIDGER STATE GAME PRE- 
SERVE: All that portion of the 
Bridger National Forest situate in the 
county of Lincoln, state of Wyoming. 
[L. 1917, Ch. 108.] 

Sec. 11. Kendall State Game Pre- 
serve. For the better protection of 
birds and animals and for the estab- 
lishment of breeding places therefor, 
the following area within the state of 
Wyoming is hereby set aside, desig- 
nated and established as a state game 
preserve : 

All that portion of the state of Wyo- 
ming, embraced within the following 
described boundaries, which area shall 
constitute and be known as the KEN- 
DALL STATE GAME PRESERVE: 
Beginning at the northeast corner of 
township 13 north, range 105 west ; 
thence directly south to the state boun- 
dary line ; thence west to the west line 
of township 12 north, range 108 west ; 
thence north to the northwest corner of 
township 13 north, range 108 west; 
thence east to the point of beginning. 
[L. 1917, Ch. 108.] 

Sec. 12. Repeal. Section 2785 of the 
Compiled Statutes of Wyoming, 1910, 
as amended by Section 1, of Chapter 
105, Session Laws of Wyoming, 1915, 
is hereby repealed. And all acts and 
parts of acts in conflict with this chap- 

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ter are hereby repealed. [L. 1917, Ch. 

108.] 

Sec. 2786. Unlawful to Hunt on Pre- 
serve — Penalty. It shall be unlawful 
for any person or persons, at any time, 
to hunt, trap, kill, capture or chase any 
birds or animals of any kind or descrip- 
tion whatever within the limits of any 
of the state game preserves ; Provided, 
That the provisions of this chapter 
shall not apply to the killing, capture 
or destruction of any mountain lion, 
wolf, fox, coyote, lynx, wild cat, mink, 
marten, or wolverine or any bird not 
protected outside of the game preserves 
of this state ; and, provided, it shall be 
unlawful for any person to hunt, trap, 
kill, capture or chase any of the above 
excepted animals or birds without a 
permit from the state game warden. 
Upon application by any person, and 
the payment of five dollars to the state 
game warden, the state game warden 
may, in his discretion, grant a permit 
to such person to hunt, kill, trap, cap- 
ture, or chase any of the animals or 
birds excepted by the provisions of this 
section. Any person A^iolating the pro- 
visions of this chapter shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon 
conviction be fined the sum of not less 
than one hundred dollars, nor more 
than five hundred dollars, or shall be 
imprisoned in the county jail for a 
period of not less than three months, 
nor more than one year ; or both such 
fine and imprisonment in the discretion 
of the court. 



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Sec. 39. Prosecution — Witness Fees. 
Appropriation. The several district 
courts of this state shall have original 
concurrent jurisdiction in all game 
cases. Whenever the state game war- 
den shall file an affidavit, sworn to be- 
fore any officer authorized to admin- 
ister oaths, alleging the violation of 
any provisions of the game or fish laws 
of this state, with any county and pros- 
ecuting attorney, such county and pros- 
ecuting attorney shall forthwith file an 
information in the district court of this 
county, charging such oftense, upon 
which information the accused shall be 
prosecuted as in other cases ; Provided, 
however. That no preliminary exam- 
ination shall be necessary in cases of 
misdemeanor, and provided, further, 
That the state game warden may assist 
in person and by his counsel in the 
prosecution of all such offenses. All 
witnesses attending the district court 
in game and fish cases, shall be paid 
out of the general fund of the state, 
after the accounts have been approved 
by the state game warden and state 
game commission. For the purpose of 
carrjang out the provisions of this sec- 
tion the sum of $2,000.00 per annum, 
or so much thereof as may be neces- 
sary, is hereby appropriated out of the 
general fund of the state. [L. 1913, 
Ch. 121.] 

Sec. 40. Trapper's Permit. It shall 
be unlawful for any person or persons 
at any time to trap any birds or ani- 
mals of any kind or description what- 
ever within any national forest within 



this state, without a permit from the 
state game warden. Upon application 
by any person and a payment of five 
dollars to the state game warden, the 
state game warden may grant a permit 
to such person to trap any animals or 
birds not otherwise protected by law 
upon any national forest within this 
state. Provided, That this does not ap- 
ply to trappers employed by the depart- 
ment of agriculture within this state. 
Persons holding such permits shall, 
upon request of the state game warden, 
or any assistant or deputy game war- 
den, disclose the location of their traps 
and the bait used therein, and any per- 
son refusing such a request shall have 
his permit revoked by the state game 
warden. Any person violating the pro- 
visions of this section shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be 
punished by a fine of not less than fifty 
dollars or more than one hundred dol- 
lars, or by imprisonment in the county 
jail for not less than thirty days nor 
more than three months, or by both 
such fine and imprisonment. [L. 1913, 
Ch. 121.] 

Sec. 44. Use of Muffler Prohibited. 

It shall be unlawful for any person to 
take into the fields or forests of this 
state, or have in possession while in 
the fields or forests of this state or to 
have in possession while out for the 
purpose of hunting the game animals 
or game birds of this state, any device 
or mechanism designed to silence or 
mufflle or minimize the report of any 
firearm, whether such device or mech- 



anisrn be separated or attached to any 
fire arm or not. Any person convicted 
of violation of the provisions of this 
section sliall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
demeanor and shall be fined in the sum 
of not less than twenty-five dollars nor 
more than fifty dollars, or shall be im- 
prisoned in the county jail not less than 
thirty days nor more than ninety days, 
or both such fine and imprisonment. 
[L. 1913, Ch. 121.] 

Sec. 33. State Game Fund Defined. 

For the purposes of this chapter where 
the words "state game fund" are used 
such words shall be construed to mean 
the fund arising from moneys set aside 
for carrying out the provisions of the 
game laws. [L. 1915. Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 26. Game Animals and Fish De- 
fined. For the purposes of this chapter 
and other provisions of the game laws 
of this state wherein the words "game 
animal" or "game animals or fish" are 
used, such words shall be construed as 
meaning any elk, deer, mountain sheep, 
wild goats, antelope, moose, beaver or 
bear, trout, greyling, pike, bass or cat- 
fish within this state. [L. 1915, Ch. 
91.] 



PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 

Sec. 2788. Unlawful to Kill— Pen- 
alty. Any person who shall, within the 
state of Wyoming, kill or catch or have 
in his possession, living or dead, any 
wild bird other than a game bird, or 
who shall purchase, offer, or expose for 

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sale any such wild bird after it has 
been killed or caught, shall for each 
offense, be subject to a fine of not more 
than five dollars for each such bird 
killed or caught, or had in possession 
living or dead, or imprisonment for not 
more than ten days, or both, at the 
discretion of the court. For the pur- 
poses of this chapter the following only 
shall be considered game birds: The 
Anatidae, commonly known as swans, 
geese, brant and river and lake ducks; 
the Rallidae, commonly known as rails, 
coots and mud-hens ; the Limicolae, 
commonly known as shore-birds, plov- 
ers, snipe, sandpipers, tatlers, willets, 
curlews, godwits, and avocets ; the Gal- 
linae, commonly known as grouse, prai- 
rie chickens, pheasants, sage-hens, part- 
ridges and quails. 

Sec. 2789. Destruction of Eggs, Pen- 
alty. Any person who shall, within the 
state of Wyoming, take or needlessly 
destroy the nest or the eggs of any wild 
bird, or shall have such nest or eggs in 
his or her possession, shall be subject 
for each offense to a fine of not more 
than five dollars or imprisonment for 
not more than ten days, or both, at the 
discretion of the court. 

Sec. 2790. Scientific Use Permitted. 

Sections 2788 and 2789 shall not apply 
to any person holding a certificate giv- 
ing the right to take birds, their nests, 
and eggs for scientific purposes, as 
provided for in Section 2791. 

Sec. 2791. Certificates— Bond. Cer- 
tificates may be granted by the super- 
intendent of public instruction to any 

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properly accredited person of the age 
of fifteen j'ears ur upwards, permitting 
the holder thereof, to collect birds, their 
nests or eggs, for strictly scientific pur- 
poses only. No such certificate shall be 
issued until the applicant therefor shall 
have filed with the said superintendent 
of public instruction written testimo- 
nials from two well known scientific 
men or educators, certifying to the good 
character and fitness of said applicant 
to be entrusted with such privilege. 
Said applicant must file with said per- 
sons or oflJcers a properly executed 
bond, in the sum of two hundred dol- 
lars, signed by two responsible citizens 
of the state as sureties. This bond 
shall be forfeited to the state, and the 
certificate become void, upon proof that 
the holder of such certificate has killed 
any birds or taken the nest or eggs of 
any bird, for other than the purposes 
named in Sections 2790 and 2791, and 
shall be further subject for each offense 
to the penalties provided therefor in 
Sections 2788 and 2789. 

Sec. 2792. Term of Certificate. The 

certificates authorized by this chapter 
shall be in force for one year only from 
the date of their issue, and shall not be 
transferable. 

Sec. 2793. Birds Not Protected. The 

following named birds shall be exempt 
from protection under the provisions of 
this chapter, viz. : English sparrow, 
magpie, sharp-shinned hawk, Cooper's 
hawk, goshawk, duckhawk, golden or 
brown eagle, kingfisher and blue heron. 

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FISH. 

Sec. 1. Office of State Fish Commis- 
sioner Created. In order to secure im- 
provement in the fish business of this 
state, and the thorough stocking of 
streams, lakes and ponds, the ofl^ce of 
state fish commissioner is hereby cre- 
ated. [L. 1913, Ch. 118.] 

Sec. 2. Appointment and Term. The 

state fish commissioner shall be ap- 
pointed by the governor with the advice 
and consent of the senate. The term of 
his oflftce shall be for four years and 
until the appointment and qualification 
of his successor ; Provided, That the 
first appointment under this chapter 
shall be made within thirty days after 
the passage thereof, or soon thereafter, 
and shall be for a term of two years. 
In case of a vacancy it shall be filled 
by appointment by the governor for the 
unexpired portion of the term in which 
such vacancy shall occur. If such ap- 
pointment be made when the legisla- 
ture is not in regular session, the ap- 
pointee shall hold his office until the 
next succeeding session of the legisla- 
ture. [L. 1913, Ch. 118.] 

Sec. 3. Qualifications — Duties — Sal- 
ary — Bond — Report. No person shall 
be appointed to the office of state fish 
commissioner unless he be a person 
skilled in fish culture, and the habits 
and nature of food fishes. Said com- 
missioner shall have supervision of all 
fish cultural matters of a public nature, 
and all fish hatcheries, their construc- 
tion and improvements, and now owned 

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or established in the future by the state, 
and shall have entire control and su- 
pervision of the public waters of the 
state pertaining to the collection, prop- 
agation, culture, distribution and pro- 
tection of fish, and shall see to the dis- 
tribution of all fish and fish eggs com- 
ing into his hands for distribution, fair- 
ly and equitably, among the several 
counties of the state ; also all fish and 
fish spawn purchased by the state. Said 
commissioner shall receive an annual 
salary of eighteen hundred dollars and 
all expenses actually disbursed by him 
while necessarily engaged in the service 
of the state, which sum so paid for his 
expenses shall not exceed the sum of 
one thousand dollars per annum, and 
said commissioner shall, before enter- 
ing upon the discharge of his duties, 
execute a bond to the state of Wyo- 
ming in the sum of three thousand dol- 
lars for the faithful performance of his 
duties, which bond shall be approved 
by the governor. The fish commissioner 
shall make an annual report to the 
governor of his oflicial transactions in- 
cluding expenditures, and the purposes 
for which same were made, accompa- 
nied by vouchers ; also the number and 
kind of fish distributed, and the locali- 
ties and names of streams or lakes 
where the same have been placed, and 
he shall give his full time and special 
attention to the enforcement of the 
laws relating to the propagation, culti- 
vation and protection of food fishes in 
the waters of this state; and shall in- 
form himself as to conditions and re- 
quirements of all public streams or 

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lakes, and shall keep the same thor- 
oughly stocked with fish suited thereto, 
and any failure to perform said duties 
shall be cause for removal from office 
by the governor. [L. 1913, Ch. 118.] 

Sec. 4. Superintendents and Assist- 
ants. The superintendent of fish hatch- 
ery district No. one shall reside at the 
hatchery located in Albany county, 
Wyoming, and superintendent of fish 
hatchery district No. two shall reside 
at the hatchery located in Sheridan 
county, Wyoming. All superintendents 
are hereby authorized to employ such 
assistants as is [are] absolutely neces- 
sary to the efficient and proper man- 
agement of the hatcheries in their 
charge, with the consent of the fish 
commissioner ; Provided, That ex- 
penses so incurred shall not exceed the 
appropriation available for such pur- 
poses. Superintendents shall be sub- 
ject to removal from office by fish com- 
missioner for cause with consent of the 
governor. The superintendents shall 
make, before the first day of December, 
an annual detailed report to the fish 
commissioner of their official transac- 
tions, including expenditures and the 
purposes for which same were made, 
accompanied by vouchers ; also the 
number and kinds of fish distributed, 
and the localities and names of streams 
and lakes where the same have been 
placed. [L. 1913, Ch. 118.] 

Sec. 2794. Fish Hatchery Districts. 
The state of Wyoming is hereby divid- 
ed into fish hatchery districts, denom- 
inated fish hatchery district number 

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one and fish hatchery district number 
two. Fish hatchery district number 
one shall be composed of the counties 
of Albany, Laramie, Converse, Natrona, 
Fremont, Carbon, Sweetvvarer and 
Uinta, and fish hatchery district num- 
ber two shall be composed of the coun- 
ties of Sheridan, Johnson, Weston, 
Crook and Big Horn. 

Sec. 2795. Appointment of Superin- 
tendent — Salary — Bond. The governor 
shall nominate and by and with the 
consent of the senate, appoint a super- 
intendent for each of the districts here- 
by created who shall be a resident of 
the district for which he is appointed, 
and shall hold his oflEice four years or 
until his successor shall have been ap- 
pointed ; Provided, When a vacancy oc- 
curs the governor shall have power to 
fill such vacancy. Said superintendent 
shall receive an annual salary of twelve 
hundred dollars, which shall be in lieu 
of all expenses they may incur while 
in the discharge of their respective du- 
ties, except as hereinafter provided ; 
and they shall, before entering upon 
the discharge of their duties, execute a 
bond to the state of Wyoming in the 
sum of twenty-four hundred dollars, 
for the faithful performance of their 
duties, which bond shall be approved 
by the governor. 

Sec. 2797. Removal of Hatchery in 
District No. 2. The superintendent of 
fish hatchery district number two, by 
and with the approval of the governor, 
is hereby authorized, empowered and 
directed to remove the state fish hatch- 

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ery located in Sheridan county from 
its present location to the south one- 
half of the northwest quarter and the 
north one-half of the southwest quar- 
ter of section 13, township 53, range 
84 west, in Sheridan county, and estab- 
lish a hatchery upon the said premises. 

Sec. 2798. May Take Fish for Sci- 
entific Purposes. The superintendents 
may take, or cause to be taken, from 
any of the public waters of their dis- 
tricts, at any time, or in any manner, 
fish, for the purposes of propagation, 
science or inspection. 

Sec. 2800. Shall Stock Streams. It 

shall be the duty of superintendents to 
examine the waters of their respective 
districts, which are not naturally 
stocked with fish, as to their adaptabil- 
ity for fish, and stock same if suitable ; 
and, after having done so, make publi- 
cation of such fact in some newspaper 
published in such county for not more 
than four consecutive weeks, and it 
shall be unlawful for any person or 
persons to take any fish, in any man- 
ner, whatsoever, out of any waters so 
stocked for a period of two years, after 
first issue of such publication ; Pro- 
vided, That the foregoing shall not ap- 
ply to streams that have a natural 
supply of trout. 

Sec. 2801. Distribution of Fish. Su- 
perintendents shall notify the board of 
county commissioners of their district, 
at their regular meeting in April of 
each year, the number of fish they have 
for distribution in their respective coun- 



ties, and it shall be the duty of the 
board of county commissioners, on or 
before the first day of May of each and 
every year, to instruct said superin- 
tendents what streams they wish 
stocked, and if said streams are suit- 
able for fish the superintendent shall 
distribute such fish in such streams as 
directed ; and, if the said board of 
county commissioners shall, on or be- 
fore the first day of May of each year, 
fail to notify the superintendent of 
when they wish the fish distributed, 
the superintendent shall distribute said 
fish in such streams in said county as 
shall by him be deemed most suitable. 
It shall be the duty of the superintend- 
ents to know what streams in their re- 
spective districts are most suitable and 
desirable to be stocked and they shall 
personally superintend the distribution 
of fish in such streams as in their judg- 
ment shall be best. The board of coun- 
ty commissioners of the several coun- 
ties are hereby authorized and directed 
to pay the actual and necessary ex- 
penses of superintendents while distrib- 
uting fish in the several counties upon 
proper bills. 

Sec. 2802. Superintendents Are War- 
dens. Superintendents of fish hatchery 
districts are hereby declared to be fish 
wardens, and as such are charged with 
the enforcement of all laws of this state 
relating to fish. They shall arrest or 
cause to be arrested all violators there- 
of, and prosecute all offenses against 
the same. They shall have full power 
to arrest without warrant any and all 

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persons who may be found violating 
any of the provisions of the laws of 
this state, relating to fish, and it is 
their duty to do so. 

Sec. 2803. Penalty. Any person or 
persons convicted of violating the pro- 
visions of Sections 2794 to 2800 in- 
clusive, shall be deemed guilty of a 
misdemeanor, and upon conviction 
thereof, shall be punished by a fine of 
not less than ten dollars nor more than 
one hundred dollars. 

Sec. 34. Sale of Game Fish Prohib- 
ited. It shall be unlawful to sell, di- 
rectly or indirectly, or to offer for sale, 
any game fish or parts thereof, caught 
from the waters of this state. Pro- 
vided, That this section shall not apply 
to any officer authorized by law to sell 
fish which have been confiscated, nor 
shall it apply to any person or persons 
who are engaged in fish culture as pro- 
vided in Section 30 of Chapter 121, of 
the Session Laws of Wyoming, 1913. 
Any person violating the provisions of 
this section shall, upon conviction 
thereof, be deemed guilty of a misde- 
meanor and shall be fined in a sum of 
not less than ten dollars nor more than 
one hundred dollars. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 
[See pp. 75, 78.] 

Sec. 35. When Transportation Com- 
panies May Receive Game Fish. It 

shall be unlawful for any railroad com- 
pany, express company, stage company, 
or other common carrier or any of its 
agents or employees to receive or have 
in their possession any game fish caught 

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from the waters of this state. Pro- 
vided, That this section shall not apply 
to game fish lawfully taken from the 
waters of this state by any bona fide 
citizen thereof, nor shall it apply to 
any person or persons who are engaged 
in fish culture for commercial purposes, 
as provided in Section 30 of Chapter 
121, of the Session Laws of Wyoming, 
1913. Any person or company, as above 
defined, violating the provisions of this 
section shall, upon conviction thereof, 
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 
shall be fined in a sum not less than 
ten dollars nor more than one hundred 
dollars. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 36. Shipment of Game Fish Out 
of the State. It shall be unlawful for 
any person or persons, company or cor- 
poration, to ship or offer to ship out 
of this state, or to carry out of this 
state, any game fish caught from the 
waters of this state. Provided, That 
this section shall not apply to any per- 
son or persons who are engaged in fish 
culture for commercial purposes, as 
provided in Section 30, Chapter 121, 
Session Laws of Wyoming, 1913. Any 
person, company or corporation violat- 
ing the provisions of this section shall, 
upon conviction thereof, be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be 
fined in a sum not less than ten dollars 
nor more than one hundred dollars. 
[L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 37. Closed Season in Fremont 
County — Amount Lawful to Catch. In 
the county of Fremont, it shall be un- 
lawful to take fish from any of the 



streams of said county from November 
1st, to March 31st, of each year. It 
shall be unlawful for any person to 
have in his or her possession more than 
twenty pounds of fish caught from the 
waters of this state. Any person vio- 
lating the provisions of this section 
shall, upon conviction thereof, be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 
shall be fined in a sum of not less than 
ten dollars nor more than one hundred 
dollars. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 38. Unlawful to Obstruct Free 
Passage of Fish. It shall be unlawful 
for any person or persons, company or 
corporation, to erect, or place, or cause 
to be erected or placed across any of 
the rivers, creeks, ponds, or lakes of 
this state, any dam, net, service weir, 
trot-line, or any other obstruction in 
such a manner as to prevent the free 
passage of fish up, down or through 
such waters, unless such dam, net, ser- 
vice weir, trot-line or other obstruction 
shall be ere'cted or placed across such 
stream, river, creek, pond or lake with 
the consent and under the direction of 
the fish hatchery superintendent of the 
district. Provided, That the owner or 
owners of any dam erected across any 
of the streams within this state, shall 
build, erex3t and maintain at all times 
at his or their expense, fish ways at an 
angle of not more than 45 degrees, to 
allow the free and uninterrupted pas- 
sage of fish up and down such streams. 
Provided, That this section shall not 
apply to dams over fifty feet in height. 
Any person or persons, comapny or 

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corporation, violating the provisions of 
this section shall, upon conviction there- 
of, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor 
and shall be fined in any sum not less 
than twenty-five dollars nor more than 
two hundred dollars, or be imprisoned 
in the county jail for a period of not 
less than thirty days nor more than 
ninety days, or may be punished by 
both, such fine and imprisonment. [L. 
1915, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 39. Failure to Maintain Sluice 
in Dam. Each and every month that 
any person or persons, company or 
corporation, shall neglect or refuse to 
keep up and maintain a sufficient sluice 
or fish way as prescribed by Section 37 
[38] of this chapter, shall constitute a 
separate offense. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 2812. Prosecutions, Where May 
Be Commenced. All prosecutions for 
the violation of any of the provisions 
of the three preceding sections shall be 
commenced before any justice of the 
peace in the county wherein the offense 
shall have been committed, and any 
such justice of the peace shall, upon 
his own knowledge or upon the oath 
of any competent person, issue his war- 
rant to any constable of his county for 
the arrest of any person or persons 
charged w^ith the violation of any of 
the provisions of said sections ; and 
upon the arrest of such person or per- 
sons, shall proceed in the hearing of 
said complaint as in other cases of mis- 
demeanor cognizable before justices of 
the peace. 

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Sec. 2813. When Offense Is Com- 
mitted on Boundary Line. When such 
violation is alleged to have been com- 
mitted upon the portion of a stream or 
water course which may be the divid- 
ing line between two counties, then the 
complaint may be made to any justice 
of the peace in either of such counties. 

Sec. 2814. Catching Small Fish Pro- 
hibited. It shall be unlawful to kill or 
destroy, or have in possession for any 
purpose at any time, any trout or black 
bass less than six inches in length, 
taken from the waters of this state, and 
the possession shall be prima facie evi- 
dence of the violation of the provisions 
of this section ; and any person violat- 
ing the provisions of this section shall 
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 
upon conviction thereof shall be pun- 
ished by a fine of not less than five dol- 
lars and not more than twenty-five dol- 
lars and cost of prosecution or shall be 
imprisoned for a period of not more 
than thirty days or by both. [L. 1915, 
Ch. 91, § 41.] 

Sec. 2815. Contamination of Streams. 
Any owner or owners of any saw-mill, 
reduction works, smelter, milling, re- 
fining or concentration works, or other 
manufacturing or industrial works, or 
any agent, servant or employee thereof, 
or any other person or persons whom- 
soever, who shall throw or deposit in, 
or in any way permit to pass into any 
natural stream or lake within this state, 
wherein are living fish, any saw-dust, 
chemicals, mill tailings, or other refuse 
matter or deleterious substances, or 

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poisons of any kind or character what- 
soever, that will or may tend to the 
destruction or driving away from such 
waters any fish, or kill or destroy any 
fish therein, or that will or may tend to 
pollute, contaminate, render impure or 
unfit for domestic, irrigation, stock, 
or any other purpose for which appro- 
priated and used, the waters of any 
such natural stream or lake, or that 
will or may tend to obstruct, fill in or 
otherwise interfere with the natural 
flow, channel or condition of any such 
stream, lake or waters, shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con- 
viction thereof shall be fined not less 
than fifty dollars or more than one 
hundred dollars, or shall be imprisoned 
in the county jail not less than thirty 
days, or more than six months, or both 
such fine and imprisonment for each 
offense ; and where any of the forego- 
ing unlawful acts are committed con- 
tinuously, each of the days upon which 
committed shall be treated and con- 
sidered as a separate and distinct of- 
fense ; Provided, That nothing in this 
or the succeeding section shall apply 
to the slag from smelter furnaces. 

Sec. 2816. Explosives and Poison 
Prohibited. Any person who shall kill 
or destroy in any of the waters of this 
state, by the use of any poison or de- 
leterious drug, chemical, or substance 
whatsoever, or by the use of any ex- 
plosive substance, explode or cause to 
be exploded any powder, giant powder, 
hercules powder, dynamite, nitro-gly- 
cerine, lime-gas, or any other explosive 

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substance in any of the waters of this 
state containing fish, for the purpose 
of catcliing, killing, or destroying fish 
in such waters, shall be deemed guilty 
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction 
thereof, shall be fined not less than fifty 
dollars nor more than two hundred dol- 
lars, and shall be imprisoned in the 
county jail not less than ninety days, 
or more than six months ; Provided, 
That nothing in this section contained, 
shall prevent the owner or owners of 
any quartz mill, reduction works, smel- 
ter, saw-mill, or other manufacturing 
or industrial works in the state now 
located or to be hereafter located upon 
any natural stream or lake, or other 
collection of waters, from operating or 
working said quartz mill, reduction 
works, saw-mill, or other manufactur- 
ing or industrial works, if the said 
owner or owners thereof shall build 
or cause to be built a suitable dam to 
be- used in connection with said quartz 
mill, smelter, reduction works, saw- 
mill, or other manufacturing or indus- 
trial works, which dam shall be so con- 
structed as to prevent any tailings, saw- 
dust, chemicals, or other refuse, delete- 
rious or poisonous substances from 
passing into such stream or lake which 
shall destroy or drive away the fish or 
any number of them from said stream, 
lake or other waters, or pollute, con- 
taminate, render impure, or unfit such 
waters for domestic, stock, irrigation 
or other uses for which appropriated, 
or obstruct, fill in or otherwise inter- 
fere with the natural flow, channels, or 



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condition of any such stream, lake or 
waters. 

Sec. 27. Lawful Fishing— Sale of 
Fish — Seining License. A fishing tackle 
consisting of a rod or pole, line and 
hook, shall be the only lawful means by 
which fish may be taken from the wa- 
ters of the state. The said hook shall 
not be baited with any poisonous drug 
or substance, and it shall be unlawful 
for any person or persons to use any 
net, seine, gill nets, fish traps, grab 
hooks, spears, snare or similar means 
for catching fish, and no speckled or 
mountain trout, California trout or any 
game fish shall be caught at any time 
for speculative purposes, or for market, 
or for sale, and it shall be unlawful for 
any person to sell or offer for sale any 
speckled or mountain trout caught in 
the waters of this state; in the lakes 
and reservoirs of the Laramie plains. 
Provided, That any person or persons 
who are engaged in fish culture for 
commercial purposes, upon making sat- 
isfactory proof of the same, may sell, 
transport within and out of the state 
any fish that have been raised and 
caught from his or their private waters. 

Provided further. That the citizens 
of this state shall be permitted to fish 
with seine, with meshes not less than 
1% inches, in any of the waters of 
this state. Any citizen or citizens de- 
siring to seine in any of the waters of 
this state, shall make application to 
the assistant or deputy game warden of 
his district. If said application be ap- 
proved by the warden of said district, 

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lie shall upon all occasions accompany 
any such citizen or citizens, and shall 
return any and all trout, greyling, pike, 
bass or cat fish to said stream, and it is 
hereby made unlawful for any citizen 
seining in any of the waters of this 
state to retain any trout, greyling, pike, 
bass or cat fish. Any citizen or citizens 
so seining shall procure a license to do 
so from the warden of said district 
upon payment of $3.00, which shall 
procure a license for one or more citi- 
zens for any one day, who may use but 
one seine only. Said license fee shall be 
recovered into the treasury in the same 
manner as all other fees provided for 
under the game and fish laws of this 
state ; 

And further Provided, That the su- 
perintendent of a fish hatchery district 
ma5% upon petition of fifty citizens of 
the county wherein is located any lake 
or lakes which have been stocked with 
food fish, such as lake trout, white fish 
and carp, and upon the recommenda- 
tion of the board of county commis- 
sioners of said county, permit citizens 
of this state to fish for said lake trout, 
white fish and carp with a gill net with 
mesh not less than one and one-half 
inches, said net to be exhibited to said 
superintendent and by him approved; 
and it is further Provided, That fish so 
lawfully taken shall not be shipped out 
of the state of Wyoming ; and Provided 
further. That said superintendent may 
at any time revoke said permission if in 
his judgment it is necessary in order to 
preserve the fish in lakes. . Any person 



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offending against this section shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 
upon conviction thereof shall be fined 
in any sum not less than twenty dollars 
nor more than fifty dollars, or shall be 
imprisoned for a period of not more 
than three months or by both. [L. 1915, 
Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 1. Lawful Fishing — Sale of Fish. 
Seming Licenses. A fishing tackle con- 
sisting of a rod or pole, line and hook, 
shall be the only lawful means by which 
fish may be taken from the waters of 
the state. The said hook shall not be 
baited with any poisonous drug or sub- 
stance, and it shall be unlawful for any 
person or persons to use any net, seine, 
gill nets, fish traps, grab hooks, spears, 
snare, or similar means for catching 
fish, and no speckled or mountain trout, 
California trout or any game fish shall 
be caught at any time during open sea- 
son for speculative purposes, or for 
market, or for sale, and it shall be un- 
lawful for any person to sell or offer 
for sale any speckled or mountain 
trout, bass, greyling, pike or catfish 
caught in the waters of this state, ex- 
cept in the lakes and reservoirs of the 
Laramie plains. Provided, That any 
person or persons who are engaged in 
fish culture for commercial purposes, 
upon making satisfactory proof of the 
same, may sell, transport within and 
out of the state any fish that have been 
raised and caught from his or their pri- 
vate waters. And it is further Provid- 
ed, That the citizens of this state shall 
be permitted to fish with seine or gill 

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net with meshes not less than li/^ 
inches in any of the waters of the Big 
Horn river within the state, below the 
city of Thermopolis, and the North 
Platte river below Fort Steele, and in 
any of the waters of the New Fork 
from the junction of East Fork to its 
mouth, and in Green river from the 
mouth of New Fork to the Wyoming- 
Utah line, and in Black's Fork from 
Granger to its mouth, in Powder river 
from the crossing of the Douglas and 
Buffalo wagon road to the Wyoming 
line, and in Clear creek from a point 
opposite Clearmont to its mouth, in this 
state; Provided, That fish so lawfully 
caught shall not be shipped out of this 
state, or used as food for any kind of 
livestock, but persons having more fish 
than can be used for their own con- 
sumption may sell the same to resi- 
dents of this state ; Provided, That 
they shall be issued a license therefor, 
and shall cost the holder the sum of 
$1.00, which shall be recovered into the 
treasury in the same manner as pro- 
vided for under the game and fish laws 
of the state. Provided, further, That 
all trout, catfish, greyling, pike or bass, 
shall be returned to the streams from 
which taken. 

Provided, further, That the citizens 
of the state shall be permitted to fish 
with seine, with meshes not less than 
1% inches, in any of the waters of Salt 
river, in Lincoln county and in the 
Belle Fourche river within this state. 
Any citizen or citizens desiring to seine 
in said river shall make application to 
the assistant or deputy game warden of 

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said 'district. If said application be ap- 
proved by the warden of said district, 
said warden shall issue a license as 
hereinafter provided for. Any such 
citizen or citizens shall return any and 
all trout, bass, greyling, pike or catfish 
to said stream, and it is hereby made 
unlawful for any citizen or citizens 
seining in said streams to retain any 
trout, bass, greyling, pike or catfish. 
Any citizen or citizens so seining shall 
procure a license to do so from the 
warden of said district upon payment 
of $1.00, which shall procure a license 
for one or more citizens for any one 
day, who may use but one seine. Pro- 
vided, further. That holders of such li- 
cense, shall be accompanied by deputy 
warden, appointed as provided by law, 
who shall receive the sum of $3.00 per 
day, for actual services rendered, such 
sum to be paid in all cases direct to 
such deputy warden by holder of such 
license. Said license fee shall be re- 
covered into the treasury in the same 
manner as all other fees provided for 
under the game and fish laws of this 
state ; 

And further Provided, That the su- 
perintendent of a fish hatchery district 
may, upon petition of fifty citizens of 
the county wherein is located any lake 
or lakes which have been stocked with 
food fish, such as lake trout, white fish 
and carp, and upon the recommenda- 
tion of the board of county commis- 
sioners of said county, permit citizens 
of this state to fish for said lake trout, 
white fish and carp with a gill net with 
mesh not less than one and one-half 

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inches, said net to be exhibited to said 
superintendent and by liim approved ; 
and it is further Provided, That fish so 
lawfully taken shall not be shipped out 
of the state of Wyoming, but persons 
having more of said fish than can be 
used for their own consumption may 
sell the same to the residents of the 
state of Wyoming, and Provided, fur- 
ther. That said superintendent may at 
any time revoke said permission if in 
his judgment it is necessary in order to 
preserve the fish in lakes. Any person 
offending against this section shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 
upon conviction thereof shall be fined 
in any sum not less than twenty dollars 
nor more than fifty dollars, or shall be 
imprisoned for a period of not more 
than three months or by both. [L. 1915, 
Ch. 108.] 

[Note.— Ch. 91, S. L. 1915, was ap- 
proved Feb. 25, and Ch. 108, Feb. 26, 
1915, Ch. 108 amends and re-enacts 
Sec. 30, Ch. 121, S. L. 1913.] 

Sec. 816. Ditch Owners to Protect 
Fish. It shall be the duty of every per- 
son, corporation or company, who shall 
construct, maintain or operate any 
ditch or canal pursuant to the laws of 
this state, to construct and maintain at 
the point and place where the water 
is diverted from its natural channel, 
some fit and proper obstruction where- 
by all fish will be prevented from en- 
tering said ditch or canal. Any per- 
son, company or corporation violating 
the provisions of this section shall be 
adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and 

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on conviction thereof shall be punished 
by a fine of not more than one hundred 
dollars, or by imprisonment in the 
county jail not less than ten or more 
than sixty days, or by both such fine 
and imprisonment. 

Sec. 2818. Private Waters Protected. 

It shall be unlawful for any person or 
persons to kill or take speckled trout 
or other fish from any private waters 
used for the propagation of such fish, 
except by the consent of the proprietor 
of such private waters. It shall be the 
duty of the proprietors of such private 
waters, who are engaged in the propa- 
gation of fish, as contemplated by this 
section, to post, or cause to be posted 
in a conspicuous manner, public no- 
tices, painted on boards in large plain 
letters, that the owner, naming him, is 
engaged in such business, and warning 
all persons from killing or taking any 
fish in the waters named in such no- 
tices. 

Sec. 2819. Saratoga Hatchery. There 
shall be established a branch fish hatch- 
ery in or near the town of Saratoga, in 
Carbon county, Wyoming, for the col- 
lection, propagation, culture, distribu- 
tion and protection of fish in the North 
Platte river and its tributaries, in the 
bounds of fish hatchery district "num- 
ber one." 

Removal of Fish Hatchery in Albany 
County. 
Sec. 1. Subject to Approval of the 
Governor. The governor is hereby au- 
thorized to convey the site and improve- 

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ments and appurtenances of the present 
state fish hatchery in Albany county 
to the city of Laramie in consideration 
of the removal or replacement of said 
hatchery at a new site in said county, 
such removal and replacement to be ap- 
proved by the governor and without ex- 
pense to the state, Provided, That the 
moving of said fish hatchery buildings 
shall in no way impair its efficiency. 
[L. 1915, Ch. 116.] 

Sec. 2. Alterations — May Grant Cer- 
tain Rights to Laramie. The governor 
is hereby authorized to make such al- 
terations or relocations of the improve- 
ments and plant of the state fish hatch- 
ery in Albany county as he may deem 
expedient and to grant to the city of 
Laramie such rights for the location 
and establishment of water works and 
improvements on said site as he may 
deem expedient, such action to be taken 
without expense to the state of Wyo- 
ming. [L. 1915, Ch. 116.] 

Sec. 1. Branch Hatchery Established 
at Hyattville. There shall be estab- 
lished a branch fish hatchery in or near 
the town of Hyattville, Big Horn coun- 
ty, Wyoming, for the collection, propa- 
gation, culture, distribution and protec- 
tion of fish in the bounds of fish hatch- 
ery district "number two." [L. 1915, 
Ch. 152.] 

Sec. 2. Supervision Superintendent 
District Two. The construction of the 
necessary buildings, ponds and other 
facilities needed for the proper culture, 
care and distribution of fish shall be 

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made under the supervision of the su- 
perintendent of said fish hatchery dis- 
trict. [L. 1915, Ch. 152.] 

Branch Fish Hatchery at Daniel. 
Sec. 1. Branch Hatchery Established. 

There shall be established a branch fish 
hatchery in or near the town of Daniel, 
in Lincoln county, Wyoming, for the 
collection, propagation, culture, distri- 
bution and protection of fish in the 
bounds of fish hatchery district "num- 
ber one." [L. 1917, Ch. 27.] 

Sec. 2. Supervision of State Fish 
Commissioner. The construction of the 
necessary buildings, ponds, and other 
facilities needed for the proper cul- 
ture, care and distribution of fish shall 
be made under the supervision of the 
state fish commissioner. [L. 1917, Ch. 
27.] 

Sec. 3. Appropriation. There is here- 
by appropriated out of any funds in 
the state treasury, not otherwise ap- 
propriated, the sum of seven thousand 
dollars ($7,000.00) to establish said 
branch fish hatchery and pay the run- 
ning expenses of the same for the years 
1917 and 1918. [L. 1917, Ch. 27.] 

Appropriations. From the General Ap- 
propriations Act, Chapter 125, Ses- 
sion Laws 1917. 

Salaries. Sec. 2. 

For State Game Warden, four thou- 
sand dollars. 

For Assistant State Game Wardens 
and per diem of Deputy Wardens, thir- 
»ty thousand dollars. 

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For Fish Commissioner, three thou- 
sand six hundred dollars. 

For Superintendent of Fish Hatchery 
District No. 1, two thousand four hun- 
dred dollars. 

For Superintendent of Fish Hatchery 
District No. 2, two thousand four hun- 
dred dollars. 

Contingent Funds. Sec. 3. 

For the State Game Warden, as pro- 
vided by law, three thousand dollars. 

For Assistant State Game Wardens, 
as provided by law, seven thousand dol- 
lars. 

For Clerk to State Game Warden, two 
thousand four hundred dollars. 

For printing reports of the State 
Game Warden, two hundred dollars. 

For the Fish Commissioner, as pro- 
vided by law, two thousand dollars. 

For the Fish Hatchery in Albany 
county, ten thousand dollars. 

For the Fish Hatchery in Sheridan 
county, ten thousand nine hundred dol- 
lars. 

For the Fish Hatchery in Big Horn 
county, eleven thousand dollars. 

Sec. 33. Refund. The sum of two 

hundred dollars, or so much thereof as 
may be necessary, is hereby appropriat- 
ed out of any funds in the State Treas- 
ury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
purpose of refunding to Assistant Game 
Wardens, Deputy Game Wardens, and 
Justices of the Peace, amounts over- 
paid on account of game licenses ; Pro- 
vided, That vouchers filed for payment 
under the provisions of this section 

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shall be approved by the State Game 
Waj-deii. 

Sec. 36A. Supplies for Game War- 
den. The sum of three thousand dol- 
lars ($3,000.00), or so much thereof as 
may be necessary, is hereby appropri- 
ated out of any funds in the state treas- 
ury not otherwise appropriated for the 
purpose of defraying the cost of pur- 
chasing sealing implements, and game 
tags, printing licenses and certificates, 
paying postage, purchasing oflice sup- 
plies and paying such other expenses as 
may be necessary to carry into effect 
the provisions of the game and fish 
laws of this state. [L. 1917, Ch. 125.] 

Sec. 38. Attorneys* Fees — Game De- 
partment. The sum of one thousand 
dollars, or so much thereof as may be 
necessary, is hereby appropriated out 
of any funds in the State Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, for payment of 
attorneys' fees in the Game Depart- 
ment pursuant to the provisions of Sec- 
tion 11, Chapter 66 of the Laws of 
1911, for the two years ending March 
31, 1919. [See p. 7.] 



Repeal. 

Sections 2728, 2757 and 2759, Wyo- 
ming Compiled Statutes, 1910, were re- 
pealed by Sec. 25, Ch. 66, S. L. 1911. 

Sections 2796, 2799 and 2820, W. C. 
S., 1910, by Sec. 5, Ch. 118, S. L. 1913. 

Sec. 2777, W. C. S., 1910, by Sec. 45, 
Ch. 121, S. L. 1913. 

Sections 2741, 2742, 2749, 2761, 2767, 
2768, 2783, 2784, 2787, 2808, 2809 and 
2811, W. C. S., 1910, and Sections 6, 21, 

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22 and 24 of Chapter 66, S. L. 1911, and 
Sections 4, 5. 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 
18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 81, 82, 
33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 and 42 of Chapter 
121, S. L. 1913, by Sec. 42, Ch. 91, S. L. 
1915. 

Sec. 2785, C. S. 1910, as amended by 
Sec. 1 of Ch. 105, S. L. Wyo., 1915, by 
Ch. 108, S. L. 1917. , 

FIRES. 

Sec. 5817. Burning Property. Who- 
ever maliciously or wantonly sets fire 
to any woods, or to anything growing 
or being upon any prairie or grounds, 
not his own property ; or maliciously 
or wantonly permits any fire to pass 
from his own prairie or grounds, to the 
injury or destruction of any property 
not his own, shall be fined not more 
than one hundred dollars, to which may 
be added imprisonment in the county 
jail not exceeding thirty days. 

Sec. 5818. Neglect to Extinguish 
Fires. Any person or persons who shall 
light a fire for any purpose, in any 
woods or on any prairie in this state 
and who shall leave the vicinity of such 
fire without extinguishing the same 
shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
meanor, and, upon conviction thereof, 
shall be punished by a fine, not less 
than ten dollars and not exceeding one 
hundred dollars, or by imprisonment 
in the county jail not less than ten 
dais and not exceeding thirty days, or 
by both such fine and imprisonment. 



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INDEX 



A 

Page 

Alien's license 23 

Antelope protected 15 

Appropriations — 

Exchange of game (An- 
nual) .$4,000.00 4 

Feed (Annual) 5,000.00 5 

Prosecutions (Annual).. 2,000.00 57 

Supplies (Annual) 1,000.00 41 

Salaries, etc. — 

Game 83, 85 

Fish 83, 85 

Assistant and Deputy Wardens — 

Appointment. Salary 8 

Reports 7 

Bond 10, 12 

List filed with Governor 11 

Arrest without warrant 10, 45 

Issue licenses 12 

Attorney — employed 7 

Fees — appropriation 85 

B 

Page 

Bear hunter's license 18 

Beaver. Protected. Permit 37 

Shipment of hides 26 

Birds. Protection of 59 

Eggs 60 

Scientific use 60 

Permit to collect 60 

Not protected 61 

(See also Game Birds.) 

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Bonds. Assistant Wardens 10 

Justices. Assistants and Deputies. .12 

Guide 30 

Fish Commissioner 63 

Hatchery District Superintendent..65 

Buffalo protected 38 

C 

Page 

Capture of game 34 

Certificates. Collection of birds....60, 61 
Clerk, Warden's. Appointment — sal- 
ary 9 

Contamination of streams 72 

County Clerk. List of justices 40 

County Commissioners — appoint war- 
dens 44 

Distribution of fish 66 

D 

Page 

Dams 70, 71 

Deer — open season 16 

Number allowed 17, 18 

Deputies. (See also Assistant.) 

Without pay 11 

Destruction of game 38 

Distribution of game 4 

Of fish 66 

Ditch owners to protect fish 80 

Dogs, use of 42 

Ducks and geese. (See also Game 
Birds.) 

Open season 13 

E 

Page 

Elk — where may be hunted 16 

Open season 16 

Damaging personal property 17 

Number allowed 18 

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Exchange of game animals 4 

Explosives in streams, prohibited 73 

F 

Page 

Feed for game — purchase of 5 

Fees for issuing licenses 33 

Fines, disposition of 24, 45 

Fires 86 

Fish — Game, defined 59 

Amount allowed —69 

Closed season, Fremont County 69 

Commercial culture 74, 76 

Distribution of 66 

Ditch owners to protect 80 

For scientific purposes 66 

Obstructing free passage 70 

Sale of 74,76 

Seining 74, 76 

Small, not to be caught..— ...72 

Transportation 68 

Wardens 44, 67 

Fishing, lawful 75, 77 

License, non-residents 22 

Aliens 23 

Fish Commissioner 62 

Appointment, duties, etc 62 

Fish Hatchery. Districts 64 

Superintendents 64, 65 

Laramie 81, 82 

Hyattville -82 

Saratoga 81 

Daniel 83 

G 

Page 

Game — Animals and fish defined 59 

Capture of 34 

Destruction 38 

Distribution 4 



Fund, defined 59 

Killed in another state 29 

Number allowed 18 

Photographing 35 

Preserves — excepted 46 

Boundaries 46 

Hunting prohibited 56 

Sale and shipment 25, 29 

Specimens defined 25 

Tags 25, 27 

Game Birds. (See also Ducks, 
Grouse, etc.) 

Defined 59 

Number allowed 14 

Open season 13 

Game Commission 3 

Powers and duties 3, 6 

Game Warden, appointment, etc 6 

Reports — Attorney 7 

Salary and contingent 8 

Arrest without warrant 10 

County Wardens ." 44 

Grouse, number permitted 14 

Guides — certificates, reports, duties-..29 
Non-residents require 31 

H 

Page 
Hatcheries. (See Fish Hatchery.) 
Justices of the Peace. List, supplies-40 

Reports 27 

Lawful fishing 75, 77 

Licenses. Alien's Gun and Fish 23 

Bear hunters 18 

Birds, for science 60 

Dog 42 

Failure to produce 19 

Form prescribed by Warden 25 

Fees for issuing 33 

Fish. Non-resident and Alien.. ..22, 23 

90 



Issued by whom 12 

Moose, special 15, 21, 22 

Non-resident gunner's 21 

Predatory animals 50 

Required 18, 25 

Resident hunter and bird 19 

Special 20 

Seining 75, 77 

Trappers 51 

M 

Page 
Moneys remitted to state Treasurer.... 32 

Moose — protected 15 

Special license 15, 21, 22 

Number allowed 18 

Mountain sheep. Number allowed.. ..18 

Open season 16 

Where may be hunted 16 

Muffler, use prohibited 58 

N 

Page 

Neglect of duty — Warden et al 11 

Non-residents — license 21 

Must have guides 31 

O 

Page 

Open season, birds 13 

Fish, Fremont County 69 

Game animals 16 

Ownership of game in state 3 

P 

Page 

Permits — Beaver 37 

Capture game 34 

Photograph game 35 

Scientific institutes 3 

Taxidermists 4 

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Trappers 57 

Pheasants protected 14 

Photographing game 35 

Poisons prohibited 73 

Possession of game, when unlawful....29 

Predatory wild animals 42, 56 

Preserves — (See Game Preserves.) 

Private waters protected 81 

Prosecution — Witness fees 57 

Offense on boundary 72 

Where commenced 71 

Q 

Page 
Quail protected 14 

R 

Page 

Repeal of statutes 85 

Reports, Warden, Assistants, Deputies 7 

Justice of the Peace 27 

Fish Commissioner 62 

Hatchery District Superintendent..64 

Taxidermists 39 

Reward -5 

S 

Page 

Sage-hens, season and number 14 

Salaries, how paid 10 

Sale of game 25, 29 

Of fish 68, 75, 77 

Scientific institutes, permits 3 

Search, right to 24,45 

Seines, use of 75, 77 

Shipment — (See Sale, and Transpor- 
tation. ) 

Silencers prohibited 58 

Specimens. Game, defined 25 

State Game Commission, etc. (See 
Game Commission, etc.) 

92 



streams. Contamination of 72 

Stocked 66 

Supt. of Public Instruction, duty 60 

Surplus game. Disposition of 5 

Swan protected 15 

T 

Page 

Tags, game 25,27 

Taxidermist — Permits 4 

Reports 39 

Tags 25, 27 

Transportation— Of fish 68, 69 

Of game 25,27,40 

Trapper's permit 57 

Trapping game animals 13 

Trespass 43 

W 

Page 
Warden — (See Game Warden.) 

Wardens, County 44 

Fish 67 

Witness fees 57 



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John J. Lenihan Laramie 

State Fish Commissioner 

John Baillie Laramie 

Supt. Fish Hatchery Dist. No. 1 

Fred W. Cooper Story 

Supt. Fish Hatchery Dist. No. 2 



State Fish Hatcheries are located at 
Laramie, Story and Hyattville. The 
establishment of a fourth hatchery, to 
be located at Daniel, was authorized by 
the legislature in 1917. 

A U. S. Hatchery is located at Sara- 
tosra. 



The numerous streams and lakes of 
Wj^oming, all of which are adapted to 
the rapid development of the trout spe- 
cies, are stocked with rainbow, steel- 
head, brown, eastern brook, and black 
spotted mountain trout and grayling. 
These furnish sport and recreation to 
any persons who avail themselves of the 
opportunity to cast a fly or troll a 
spinner. JOHN J. LENIHAN, 

State Fish Commissioner. 



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